Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms

Preface.- Chapter 1: Engineers and their stories.- Mechanics (Machines) in Ishaq Efendi, the Chief Instructor of Military School in the Ottomans, by  Melek Dosay Gökdogan.- Giuseppe Ceredi. A Hydraulic Engineer in 16th-Century Italy, by Luigi Traetta.- The Innovation process of the First Curved Mold Caster in China, by Lifang Lei et al..- Shen Hong (1906-1998),A Legendary Engineer and China's Modern Machinery Industry, by Lie Sun.- Jan Oderfeld (1908-2010). Retrospective Memories of the Past, by JanuszWawrzecki.- An Overview on the Studies of the History of Machinery in China, by Baichun Zhang Yexing Liu.- Chapter 2: History of machine design.- History of Human Powered Oil Expeller: A Literature Review, by Siraj Sheikh.- Literature Review on the Developments of Rice Milling Machines, by M. Sohail Pervez et al..- Modeling an Antique Grinding Mill of Guanajuato Silver Mines, by Juan Jauregui et al..- The Hydraulic Tilt Hammer in Ancient China, by Xiaolei Shi.- Reconstruction andAnalysis of Zhan's Sand Clock in the 14th Century, by Yu-Hsun Chen Hong-Sen Yan.- Exploration of Ancient Machinery: From Reconstruction Research to Exhibition and Science Education, by Jian-Liang Lin et al.- Relationships between paper mills and technological evolution of paper production, by Silvia Gargaro et al.- Light drawings: representation and design, by Emanuela Chiavoni.- Chapter 3: Ancient mechanisms.- Mechanisms in Heron's automata as technological transfer and cultural means, by Roberto Bragastini.- Analysis and reconstruction of a platform with ball bearings in Roman ships of Nemi lake, by Pier Gabriele Molari et al..- Application and Influence of Flap Valve Mechanism on Ancient Bellows, by Xing Huang, Lingfeng Li.- Mechanisms 26 and 30 of "the book of secrets" of Ibn Khalaf Al-Muradi, by Rafael López-García et al..- The astrolabe: a mechanism for reading the stars, by Barbara Aterini.- Mathematical Instruments used in the Military Engineering Academies of Ottomans, by