A short account on Leonardo Torres’ endless spindle
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A Short Account on Leonardo Torres’ Endless Spindle
At the end of the nineteenth century, several analog machines had been proposed for solving algebraic equations. These machines —based not only on kinematics principles but also on dynamic or hydrostatic balances, electric or electromagnetic devices, etc.— had one important drawback: lack of accuracy. Leonardo Torres was the first to beat the challenge of designing and implementing a machine ab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mechanism and Machine Theory
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0094-114X
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2007.07.003