Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt: Exploring the Evolution of Mechanisms: A Historical Journey through James Watt's Contributions

by Eugene S. Ferguson

This engineering science-based book is one for scholars and enthusiasts of the study of motion and how machines can be made to produce various patterns of movement and effects, although the style is accessible to a lay reader. The book is divided into several chapters, the first of which pays homage to Sir Charles Watt, but also acknowledges debts of gratitude to earlier scientists such as Da Vinci.

107 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 4, 2009

About the author

Eugene Shallcross Ferguson was an American engineer, historian of technology and professor of history at the University of Delaware. Ferguson obtained his BS in mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1937, and earned an MS in mechanical engineering at Iowa State College in 1955.

Reviews

[Ségolène · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written and documented, this book can be read by people who only have a basic knowledge of the topic. It is a very niche topic however, and most people who have spent time reading about it will find this take too simplistic for their taste.