Essay on Machines in General (1786)

Essay on Machines in General (1786)
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9783030443856
ISBN-13 : 303044385X
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Synopsis Essay on Machines in General (1786) by : Raffaele Pisano

This book offers insights relevant to modern history and epistemology of physics, mathematics and, indeed, to all the sciences and engineering disciplines emerging of 19th century. This research volume is the first of a set of three Springer books on Lazare Nicolas Marguérite Carnot’s (1753–1823) remarkable work: Essay on Machines in General (Essai sur les machines en général [1783] 1786). The other two forthcoming volumes are: Principes fondamentaux de l’équilibre et du mouvement (1803) and Géométrie de position (1803). Lazare Carnot – l'organisateur de la victoire – in Essai sur le machine en général (1786) assumed that the generalization of machines was a necessity for society and its economic development. Subsequently, his new coming science applied to machines attracted considerable interest for technician, as well, already in the 1780’s. With no lack in rigour, Carnot used geometric and trigonometric rather than algebraic arguments, and usually went on to explain in words what the formulae contained. His main physical– mathematical concepts were the Geometric motion and Moment of activity–concept of Work . In particular, he found the invariants of the transmission of motion (by stating the principle of the moment of the quantity of motion) and theorized the condition of the maximum efficiency of mechanical machines (i.e., principle of continuity in the transmission of power). While the core theme remains the theories and historical studies of the text, the book contains an extensive Introduction and an accurate critical English Translation – including the parallel text edition and substantive critical/explicative notes – of Essai sur les machines en général (1786). The authors offer much-needed insight into the relation between mechanics, mathematics and engineering from a conceptual, empirical and methodological, and universalis point of view. As a cutting–edge writing by leading authorities on the history of physics and mathematics, and epistemological aspects, it appeals to historians, epistemologist–philosophers and scientists (physicists, mathematicians and applied sciences and technology).

A General Biographical Dictionary

A General Biographical Dictionary
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 710
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433082533278
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis A General Biographical Dictionary by : John Gorton

Bodies/Machines

Bodies/Machines
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015056267548
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Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Bodies/Machines by : Iwan Rhys Morus

From reanimating dead bodies with electricity, through to the use of machines to render hysterics and the insane fit for reintroduction into society, this book conveys the dark truths behind our relationship with machines.

Essays in Economics

Essays in Economics
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Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015063802394
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Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Essays in Economics by : Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman

Haydn ́s Universal Index of Biography

Haydn ́s Universal Index of Biography
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 678
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ISBN-10 : 9783846047712
ISBN-13 : 3846047716
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Synopsis Haydn ́s Universal Index of Biography by : J. Bertrand Payne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.

A History of the Work Concept

A History of the Work Concept
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9789400777057
ISBN-13 : 9400777051
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Work Concept by : Agamenon R. E. Oliveira

This book traces the history of the concept of work from its earliest stages and shows that its further formalization leads to equilibrium principle and to the principle of virtual works, and so pointing the way ahead for future research and applications. The idea that something remains constant in a machine operation is very old and has been expressed by many mathematicians and philosophers such as, for instance, Aristotle. Thus, a concept of energy developed. Another important idea in machine operation is Archimedes' lever principle. In modern times the concept of work is analyzed in the context of applied mechanics mainly in Lazare Carnot mechanics and the mechanics of the new generation of polytechnical engineers like Navier, Coriolis and Poncelet. In this context the word "work" is finally adopted. These engineers are also responsible for the incorporation of the concept of work into the discipline of economics when they endeavoured to combine the study of the work of machines and men together.

Astra Castra

Astra Castra
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Publisher : London : Chapman and Hall
Total Pages : 640
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ISBN-10 : KBNL:KBNL03000140856
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Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Astra Castra by : Christopher Hatton Turnor