Download or read book Reconstruction Designs of Lost Ancient Chinese Machinery written by Hong-Sen Yan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-18 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South pointing chariots, walking machines and the astronomical mechanical clock are all used as illustrated examples in this fascinating and unique study of lost machinery in ancient China. This is the first book of its kind, combining creative mechanism design methodology with mechanical evolution and variation theory to set out how some ancient designs can be recreated. Furthermore the book reflects on how age-old wisdoms could stimulate stunning new machinery in the future.