10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HODOMETER»
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hodometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and ...
(4) The Hodometer The idea of a vehicle which would register the distance
traversed appealed to mechanicians in more than one ancient civilisation. The
hodometer, or 'way-measurer', was quite a simple proposition mechanically. All
that ...
2
Applied Mathematics: Body and Soul: Volume 2: Integrals and ...
28.17. The. Hodometer. The Romans constructed many roads to keep the Empire
together and the need of measuring distances between cities and traveled
distance on the road, became very evident. For this purpose the Hodometer was
...
Kenneth Eriksson, Donald Estep, Claes Johnson, 2004
3
Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science: ...
The same is probably true for his hodometer. Leonardo da Vinci tried to build it
according to the given description, but did not succeed. Heron describes the
construction of his hodometer in chapter 34 of the Dioptra as a mechanism made
of ...
4
Building for People: Behavioral Research Approaches and ...
The hodometer, an instrument which measures foot movement activity, was used
by Bechtel to study the relationship between expressed preferences and actual
movements, i.e., what people say and what they do. The hodometer consists of ...
Arthur I. Rubin, Jacqueline Elder, United States. National Bureau of Standards, 1980
5
Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and ...
On a stretch of beach near a small town, Smith had begun to demonstrate how
one could measure distances with his theodolite and hodometer when he noticed
a sizable band of armed Africans gathering nearby. Troubled by their hostile ...
6
Ancient Perspectives: Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, ...
figure 5.9 Hodometer reconstructed. Reproduced from A. W. Sleeswyk, “Vitruvius'
Waywiser,” Archives internationales d'histoire de science 29 (1979): fig. 1. offered
by the hodometer. This fiendishly clever geared cart, arguably invented by the ...
Richard J. A. Talbert, 2014
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Scientific Instruments, 1500-1900: An Introduction
London tradesmen include Heath, Heath & Wing, Martin, Adams, Dollond, Cary
and W. & S. Jones. Late 19th- and 20th-century versions employ bicycle-type
wheels, W. F. Stanley being a typical maker. Hodometer An associated
instrument is ...
8
Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook: Annotated ...
10.34 A PRACTICAL HODOMETER AND ITS USES Writing more thanacentury
after Vitruvius,Hero describes a more feasible hodometer that may have actually
been successfully used. Hero ofAlexandria, Dioptra 34 I believe that my dioptrical
...
John W. Humphrey, John P. Oleson, Andrew N. Sherwood, 2003
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Acta Historiae Neerlandica II
The Alexandrian school of engineers had employed a complicated system of
gear-wheels as the transmission mechanism of an "hodometer", i.e. a carriage
that measured the distance traversed as it moved and passed on the result to the
...
10
Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of ...
In the taximeter (or hodometer) the principle is that of a trip mechanism worked by
a pinion-of-one on the carriage axle and on the subsequent shafts in series —
this can hardly qualify as gearing.2 Nowhere in the described automata does one
...
Joseph Needham, Ling Wang, Derek John de Solla Price, 1986
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HODOMETER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hodometer is used in the context of the following news items.
From the Ashes, History Preserved: Engraving Books in China
In his discussion of the hodometer (today an odometer), he used a rubbing that shows a carriage drawn by two horses. In his discussion of ... «Fair Observer, Jun 14»
Dr Paul Wilkinson: All roads lead to Rome
"To measure the distance between way-points, a hodometer, as described by my colleague Vitruvius, is used. It consists of a wheel which turns ... «Canterbury Times, Apr 14»
Game of Thrones Season Three – Episode 9 Review
There was an unprecedented amount of “Hodors” uttered. 18 according to the Hodometer. He doesn't much like thunder, and a storm raged ... «Flickering Myth, Jun 13»
Book review: 'The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior' by Paul …
... drawing maps (with the use of his invention, the hodometer, to measure precise distances) and building ad hoc bridges for the duke's army to ... «Washington Post, Jan 10»
