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Preface; Contents; Part I Eminent Scientists of the Past ; 1 Lagrange as a Historian of Mechanics; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Lagrange: A Biographical Note; 3 Science and the French Revolution; 4 Historical Considerations in Analytical Mechanics; 4.1 First Part: Statics; 4.2 Second Part: Dynamics; 5 Final Remarks and Conclusion; References; 2 Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis and His Handbook of Machine Designs; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Biographical Notes on Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis; 3 Main Publications by Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis; 4 An Illustrated Survey of the Handbook Collection; 5 Conclusions
5 Bauman Moscow State Technical University5.1 Brief Historical Overview; 5.2 Konstantin Vasiljevich Frolov at Bauman University; 6 History of Mechanism and Machine Science; 7 Folov's Awards; 8 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Part II History of Industrial Installations ; 6 Historical Watermills. Architectural, Mechanical and Hydraulic Heritage; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Watermills, the Shape of a Landscape, and the Complexity of Heritage; 3 Mill's Surveying; 4 The Buildings; 5 The Hydraulic Works; 6 The Mechanisms; 7 Conclusions; References
7 The Mill at the Orbetello Lagoon: Mechanisms and Hydraulic EnergyAbstract; 1 History; 2 The Mill Today; 3 Hydraulic Mechanisms; 4 Gearing; 5 Conclusions; References; 8 The Sulphur Mining Industry in Sicily; Abstract; 1 A Brief History of the Sicilian Sulphur Industry from the Mid-19th to the Mid-20th Centuries; 2 Inhumane Working Conditions of the ``Zolfatari'' and ``Carusi''; 3 Machines for the Extraction of Ore; 4 Trade and Export of Sulphur: French and British Merchants; 5 Systems for Melting Sulphur; 6 The Herman Frasch Process and the End of the Sicilian World Sulphur Monopoly
7 The Cozzo Disi Sulphur Mine in Casteltermini: Project of Restoring and Transforming It into a ``Museum Mine''8 The Role of Sulphur in the Italian Government's Decision to Colonize Libya. An Adventurous Sicilian Explorer: Ignazio Sanfilippo; References; 9 The History of Aircraft Manufacturing at the Bra015Fov IAR Plant; Abstract; 1 Human Dream of Flight, an Old Temptation; 2 Documents and Committees at the Very Beginning (1924); 3 Land Position and First Products; 4 Factory Development; 5 Airplanes Built Under License at I.A.R.; 6 Airplanes Conceived at Bra015Fov
5 Bauman Moscow State Technical University5.1 Brief Historical Overview; 5.2 Konstantin Vasiljevich Frolov at Bauman University; 6 History of Mechanism and Machine Science; 7 Folov's Awards; 8 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Part II History of Industrial Installations ; 6 Historical Watermills. Architectural, Mechanical and Hydraulic Heritage; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Watermills, the Shape of a Landscape, and the Complexity of Heritage; 3 Mill's Surveying; 4 The Buildings; 5 The Hydraulic Works; 6 The Mechanisms; 7 Conclusions; References
7 The Mill at the Orbetello Lagoon: Mechanisms and Hydraulic EnergyAbstract; 1 History; 2 The Mill Today; 3 Hydraulic Mechanisms; 4 Gearing; 5 Conclusions; References; 8 The Sulphur Mining Industry in Sicily; Abstract; 1 A Brief History of the Sicilian Sulphur Industry from the Mid-19th to the Mid-20th Centuries; 2 Inhumane Working Conditions of the ``Zolfatari'' and ``Carusi''; 3 Machines for the Extraction of Ore; 4 Trade and Export of Sulphur: French and British Merchants; 5 Systems for Melting Sulphur; 6 The Herman Frasch Process and the End of the Sicilian World Sulphur Monopoly
7 The Cozzo Disi Sulphur Mine in Casteltermini: Project of Restoring and Transforming It into a ``Museum Mine''8 The Role of Sulphur in the Italian Government's Decision to Colonize Libya. An Adventurous Sicilian Explorer: Ignazio Sanfilippo; References; 9 The History of Aircraft Manufacturing at the Bra015Fov IAR Plant; Abstract; 1 Human Dream of Flight, an Old Temptation; 2 Documents and Committees at the Very Beginning (1924); 3 Land Position and First Products; 4 Factory Development; 5 Airplanes Built Under License at I.A.R.; 6 Airplanes Conceived at Bra015Fov