Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt

by Eugene S. Ferguson

HardPress Classic Books Series

28 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.