This volume collects my shorter articles on the history of mechanics, some already published in various places, some revised from earlier papers, and some never

The history of mechanics, and more particularly, the history of mechanics applied to constructions, constitutes a field of research that is relatively recent. T

This book treats several subjects from the History of Mechanism and Machine Science, and also contains an illustrative presentation of the Museum of Engines and

"A remarkable work which will remain a document of the first rank for the historian of mechanics." — Louis de Broglie In this masterful synthesis and summatio

The Page-Barbour Lectures of 1985, University of Virginia.