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Earliest surviving example of the first successful traction ditching machine for laying agricultural drainage tiles. 1902 Findlay: Ohio United States Located at Hancock Historical Museum. ASME brochure. 134: 1988 Geared Locomotives of Heisler, Shay, Climax. Early examples of small slow-speed 19th-century geared locomotives. 1872 Felton: California
Phillips Machine in the Science Museum, London. The Phillips Machine, also known as the MONIAC (Monetary National Income Analogue Computer), Phillips Hydraulic Computer and the Financephalograph, is an analogue computer which uses fluidic logic to model the workings of an economy.
Executed example of a Heron's fountain in operation. Heron's fountain is a hydraulic machine invented by the 1st century AD inventor, mathematician, and physicist Heron (or Hero) of Alexandria. [1] Heron studied the pressure of air and steam, described the first steam engine, and built toys that would spurt water, one of them known as Heron's ...
Hydraulic Flood Retention Basin (HFRB) View from Church Span Bridge, Bern, Switzerland Riprap lining a lake shore. Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to ...
The Leonardo da Vinci section exhibits many Leonardo machines reproduced from Da Vinci drawings, [4] including a hydraulic saw, a spinning machine, a flying machine and Leonardo's tank. The models of the collection are the fruit of a reinterpretation by a group of experts who have translated and completed his drawings.
Museum architecture [1] has been of increasing importance over the centuries, especially more recently. [2] [3] [4] A challenge for museum architecture is the differing purposes of the building. [citation needed] The museum collection must be preserved, but it also needs to be made accessible to the public. Climate control may be very important ...
Devices placed on the top plate can be moved in the six degrees of freedom in which it is possible for a freely-suspended body to move: three linear movements x, y, z (lateral, longitudinal, and vertical), and the three rotations (pitch, roll, and yaw). Stewart platforms are known by various other names.
Museum Planning is the creation of documents to describe a new museum’s vision, the visitor experience and an organizational plan for a new institution, or one undergoing a major expansion or change in focus. Museum plans may include some or all of the following: A review of institutional resources, assets and collections