Beschreibung:
This volume contains a selection of papers whose content have been presented at the International conferences CIPHI on Cultural Heritage and History of Engineering at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain, in recent years.
Preface; Reutilization of our industrial heritage: the unique example of the Royal Segovia Mint in Spain (1583), by Glenn Stephen Murray Fantom; The image of factories, by Aingeru Zabala Uriarte; Pedro Juan De Lastanosa and "The Twenty-one Books of Devices and Machines of Juanelo", by Nicolás García Tapia; Historical development of paper-mills and theirs machines in South Latium during 19th century, by Michela Cigola and Marco Ceccarelli; A virtual reconstruction of a wave-powered flour mill from 1801, by Manuel L. Membrilla, Francesc X. Villasevil, Dolores Lópe, Josep M. Mongue , Joaquim Marquè; 3D Modelling and Animation Study of the Industrial Heritage Wonders, by José María de la Portilla de la Nuez , José María de la Portilla Fernández; New model of the hydraulic machine known as el artificio de Juanelo, by Xavier Jufre Garcia; A mystery of one Havana portrait: The first steam machine in Cuba, by Olga V. Egorova; Name Index.