Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering

Section I: Eminent Scientists of the Past

1 Lagrange as a Historian of Mechanics, by Agamenon Rodrigues Eufrásio Oliveira

2 Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis and his Handbook of Machine Designs, by Marco Ceccarelli

3 Tribute to Reuleaux, Roberto Bragastini

4 Elia Ovazza, Professor of TMM in Palermo around the End of the 19th Century, by Marco Ceccarelli, Francesco Sorge, Giuseppe Genchi

5 Academician K.V. Frolov at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, by Olga Egorova, Gennady Timofeev

Section II: History of Industrial Installations

6 Historical Watermills: Architectural, Mechanical and Hydraulic Heritage, by Mario Centofanti, Stefano Brusaporci, Vittorio Lucchese

7 The Mill at the Lagoon of Orbetello. Mechanisms and Hydraulic Energy, by Emanuela Chiavoni

8 The Sulphur Mining Industry in Sicily, by Vincenzo Ferrara

9 The History of Aircraft Manufacturing at the Bra?ov IAR Plant, by Horia Salc?, Dan S?vescu

10 Science, Technology and Industry in Southern Italy Before the Unification, by Cesare Rossi, Marco Ceccarelli

11 Medium Size Companies of Mechanical Industry in North Italy During the Second Half of the 19th Century, by Yibing Fang, Marco Ceccarelli

Section III: History of Machinery and Transport

12 The Museum of Engines and Mechanisms. More than a Century of History of Technology, by Riccardo Monastero, Giuseppe Genchi

13 History of the Trains Used on the Spanish Railway Line Madrid - Almorox, by Daniel Fernández Caballero, Víctor Rodríguez de la Cruz, Julián Martín Jarillo, Manuel Esperón Mínguez

14 Airship - The American Dream by Quirico Filopanti, 1851, Pier Gabriele Molari

- Section IV: Human Inventiveness for Mechanical and Scientific Devices

15 Archimedes' Screw in the Four Books "De Cochlea" by Guido Ubaldo del Monte [Santa Maria] - Venice - 1615: the Engineering and the Language, by Elena Magnini, Pier Gabriele Molari

16 On the Birth and Growth of Pendulum Clocks in the Early Modern Era, by Francesco