The HMMM2008 International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms is
the third event of a series started in 2000 as the main activity of the IFToMM
Permanent commission for History of MMS; Mechanism and Machine Science.The aim
of History of Machines and Mechanisms conferences is to establish an
international forum for presenting and discussing historical developments in
the field of Mechanism and Machine Science (MMS). The subject area covers all
aspects of the development of HMM, such as machines, mechanisms, kinematics,
design methods, etc., that are related to people, events, objects, indeed,
anything that assisted in the development of the HMM, and is presented in the
form of reasoning and arguments, demonstration and identification, and
description and evaluation.The HMM2008 Proceedings contain 26 papers by authors
from all over the world. The topics include historical development on mechanism
and machine theory, historical figures and their works, history of mechanical
engineering, ancient machines and mechanisms, reconstruction design of ancient
devices, mechanism and machine design, and engineering education. This book is
of interest to researchers, graduate students and engineers specializing or
promoting the history of science and technology, in particular on mechanism and
machine science. This book will provide the readers with extensive background
information on the origin and the history of the invention of fundamental
machines and mechanisms, and will undoubtedly provide further understanding and
motivation for their own research and/or consultancy work.
