Machines and Signs A History of the Drawing of Machines /
This volume addresses the cultural, technical and ethical motivations of the history of drawing�of machines and its�developments step by step. First it treats drawings without any technical character; then the Renaissance with its�new forms of drawing; the 18th century, with orthographic projections...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | History of Mechanism and Machine Science,
17 |
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5407-2 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: State of the art
- �Some preliminary considerations about the history of drawing
- �Conclusions
- �2. Motivation of the history of technique: Culture
- �Technique
- �Aesthetics
- �Ethic
- �3. The first steps: Introduction
- �Prehistoric Age
- �Ancient times
- �Middle Ages
- �Conclusions
- �4. Renaissance: General considerations
- �The authors
- �Introduction
- �Examples
- �The first steps of the scientific documentation
- �The first technical drawings
- �Some conclusions
- �5. The 18th Century: Introduction
- �Gaspard Monge
- �The orthographic projections
- �The first application of orthographic projections
- �The encyclopedic books
- �The drawing as didactic and popular tool
- �The drawing as documentary tool for scientists
- �The drawing instruments
- �6. The 19th Century: Introduction
- �The first modern industries
- �First steps of the institutionalized teaching
- �The drawing as documentation tool for scientists
- �The drawing as tool for scientific-technical divulgation
- �Drawing instruments
- �7. The 20th Century: Introduction
- �Drawing standards
- �Historical background
- �Standardization Institutions
- �Drawing standards
- �Development of industry
- �Industries born in 20th Century
- �Examples of drawings of 19th Century
- �Development of technical schools
- �General characters
- �Fundamental steps
- �Since 1900 to 1920
- �Since 1920 to 1950
- �Since 1950 to 1970
- �Since 1970 until today
- �Application of the computer
- �Drawing instruments
- �8. Archives of historical drawings: Role of archives of historical drawings
- �Steps to realize an historical archive
- �Examples applied to the car suspensions
- �General considerations
- �Structure of the data base
- �9. The critical observation of historical drawings: Technicians, engineers and designers
- �Standardization organizations
- �Teachers and students
- �Historians
- ��The lesson of historical heritage
- �Index.