Rolling Ball Technology
An Online Technical Reference Devoted to
Rolling Ball Sculptures, Clocks, and other Devices
By Members of the rolling-ball@lemur.com List
Edited by David M. MacMillan
Dircks, Henry. The Life, Times and Scientific Labors of the Second Marquis of Worcester, to which is added, a reprint of his Century of Inventions, 1663. London, 1865. Online in The Steam Engine Library.
Ewbank, Thomas. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines; or, Raising Water, Ancient and Modern Sixteenth Edition. NY: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1876.
Hill, Donald R. Islamic Science and Engineering. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993. ISBN: 0-7486-0455-3 (paper).
Hill, Donald R. Scientific American. (May 1991):
Leupold, Jacob [1674-1727]. Theatrum Machinarum...: Schau-Platz [catalog title] or Theatri Machinarum [title on spine]. Leipzig: C. Zunckel, 1724. Tom. I: Theatrum Machinarum Generale. Tom. III: Theatrum Machinarum Hydraulicarum Tom. I.
Morton, Alan Q. and Jane A. Wess. Public and Private Science: The King George III Collection. Oxford: Oxford University Press in association with The Science Museum (London), 1993. ISBN: 0-19-856392-2.
Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J. G. Perpetual Motion: The History of an Obsession. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977. ISBN: 0-312-60131-X. LC: TJ 181 .3 .07 1977 621.8 76-10560.
With the exception of material noted as being in the public domain, the text, images, and encoding of this document are copyright © 1997 by their author(s) and editor(s): David M. MacMillan.
This document is licensed for private, noncommercial, nonprofit viewing by individuals on the World Wide Web. Any other use or copying, including but not limited to republication in printed or electronic media, modification or the creation of derivative works, and any use for profit, is prohibited.
This writing is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but "as-is," without any warranty of any kind, expressed or implied; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
In no event will the author(s) or editor(s) of this document be liable to you or to any other party for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of your use of or inability to use this document or the information contained in it, even if you have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
In no event will the author(s) or editor(s) of this document be liable to you or to any other party for any injury, death, disfigurement, or other personal damage arising out of your use of or inability to use this document or the information contained in it, even if you have been advised of the possibility of such injury, death, disfigurement, or other personal damage.
All trademarks or registered trademarks used in this document are the properties of their respective owners and (with the possible exception of any marks owned by the author(s) or editor(s) of this document) are used here for purposes of identification only. A trademark catalog page lists the marks known to be used on these web pages. Please e-mail dmm@lemur.com if you believe that the recognition of a trademark has been overlooked.
Version
2.2, 1998/06/20.
Feedback to dmm@lemur.com
http://www.database.com/~lemur/rbt-biblio.html
Go to the: