Leonardo's lost robots / Mark Elling Rosheim.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin : Springer, 2006Description: xix, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 3540284400
  • 9783540284406
  • 9783662517895
  • 3662517892
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Ch. I. Beginnings -- Ch. II. Leonardo's programmable automata and lion -- Pieces of the puzzle -- Reconstruction -- Operation -- Postscript : building Leonardo's programmable automata -- Ch. III. Leonardo's knight -- Pieces of the puzzle -- Reconstructions -- Building Leonardo's knight -- Operation -- Ch. IV. Leonardo's bell ringer -- Ancient models -- Pieces of the puzzle -- Reconstruction -- Operation -- Building Leonardo's bottino -- Ch. V. Epilogue : Leonardo's legacy and impact on modern technology -- App. 1. Leonardo on the bell ringer water clock -- App. 2. Electronic representation of the clock operation.
Summary: This text reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, aiming to reveal a sophistication heretofore, unrecognized by art historians or engineers. It recovers Leonardo's notes, showing that apparently unconnected fragments scattered in manuscripts are actually cohesive designs for functioning automata.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TJ211 .R668 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000042362

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. I. Beginnings -- Ch. II. Leonardo's programmable automata and lion -- Pieces of the puzzle -- Reconstruction -- Operation -- Postscript : building Leonardo's programmable automata -- Ch. III. Leonardo's knight -- Pieces of the puzzle -- Reconstructions -- Building Leonardo's knight -- Operation -- Ch. IV. Leonardo's bell ringer -- Ancient models -- Pieces of the puzzle -- Reconstruction -- Operation -- Building Leonardo's bottino -- Ch. V. Epilogue : Leonardo's legacy and impact on modern technology -- App. 1. Leonardo on the bell ringer water clock -- App. 2. Electronic representation of the clock operation.

This text reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, aiming to reveal a sophistication heretofore, unrecognized by art historians or engineers. It recovers Leonardo's notes, showing that apparently unconnected fragments scattered in manuscripts are actually cohesive designs for functioning automata.

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