A Bulleted/Pictorial History of Mechanisms and Machines Dr. Robert L. Williams II, Professor Mechanical Engineering, Ohio University © 2021 Dr. Bob Productions
[email protected] www.ohio.edu/mechanical-faculty/williams South-Pointing Chariot, 240 CE China i0.wp.com/cdn.makezine.com/uploads/2013/02/10319906.jpg Hieropolis Sawmill, Third Century CE (Asia Minor, First Slider-Crank Mechanism) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierapolis_sawmill 2 Mechanisms and Machines History, Dr. Bob Table of Contents PROLOGUE .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1. MACHINES AND MECHANISMS ................................................................................................... 4 2. CONCEPTS RELATED TO MACHINES AND MECHANISMS ................................................. 8 3. IMPORTANT DEVELOPERS OF MECHANISM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ............. 10 4. LINKAGES, GEARS, AND CAM-FOLLOWER MECHANISMS ............................................. 14 5. SOME SPECIFIC MACHINE AND MECHANISM INVENTIONS IN HISTORY .................. 25 6. IMPORTANT PERSONS IN THE HISTORY OF MECHANISMS ........................................... 38 7. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................... 44 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................ 46 © 2021 Dr. Bob Productions 3