Francis Charles Moon is the Joseph C. Ford Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University.
Franz Reuleaux (1829-1905), a German engineer of Belgian heritage, was an influential figure in machine design and kinematics, or the science of movement. He was known for designing more than 800 teaching models to demonstrate kinematic principles. He contributed to the development of engineering as a professional science, integrating mathematical and scientific principles into engineering design. Born in Eschweiler in Prussia, he studied under Ferdinand Redtenbacher at Karlsruhe, and also studied in Berlin and Bonn. After teaching in Zurich at the Polytechnic School, he taught at what became the Koenigs Technischen Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg Berlin for many years, becoming its rector in 1890. As a prominent engineer, he was a German ambassador at international exhibitions and expositions, including the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and the Vienna Exhibition in 1873.
Papers regarding German engineer Franz Reuleaux and the collection of his kinematic models housed at Cornell University. Papers were assembled by Cornell Professor of Engineering Frank Moon during the late 1990's and early 2000's, particularly during research trips to Germany. They include Moon's research notes on Reuleaux and Reuleaux's influence, biography and genealogy; photocopies and transcriptions of letters, essays and drawings created by Reuleaux; Moon's academic papers and professional work on Reuleaux; and research on Cornell's kinematic model collection and other kinematic models. Papers also include material on specific projects, such as the permanent exhibit of Reuleaux's kinematic models at Cornell, and the Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (KMODDL), an online collection of digitized images and information on kinematics.
Francis Charles Moon Reuleaux reference collection, #6960. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Moon, F.C. The Machines of Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux : Kinematics of Machines from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, 2007.
"The Reuleaux Collection of Kinematic Mechanisms at Cornell University”:
KMODDL:
Cornell Kinematic Mechanisms images have been digitized and are accessible
By Reuleaux
Reuleaux biography and genealogy
Non-Cornell Reuleaux Models
Reuleaux Models at Cornell
KMODDL
Other Models
Funded by the Humboldt Foundation and others, Moon researched Reuleaux at archives such as the Deutsches Museum in Munich. This series includes Moon’s notes and correspondence, photocopies of original documents, and secondary source material. For material relating to Moon’s research on models, please see Series 2.
Moon's correspondence with other Reuleaux specialists. Includes a few photocopies of older Reuleaux material.
Correspondence on Reuleaux, photocopy from a biography.
Moon's correspondence with Germans and German institutions, seeking info on Reuleaux and his models
Correspondence, application, paperwork etc. for the Humboldt Stiftung
Photocopied bio of Thurston, and a photocopied Thurston report from the Vienna exhibition (1873).
Photocopy of a book: "The Kinematics of machinery. Two lectures. Relating to Reuleaux Methods..." By Alex B.W. Kennedy, C.E. W/ intro by R.H. Thurston. Reprinted from van Nostrand's magazine.
Photocopy: Deutsches Museum Vortraege und Berichte. "Naturforschung u. Technik." Vortrag gehalten im Deutschen Muesum am 29. Oktober 1910 von Dr. Otto Thilo.
Spamer, Otto. *Buch der Erfindungen. Gewerbe und Industrien.* Note on it says it's 1883-1891. Also says "zweite Subskription" (printed) and a note NL069/231.Chapter on clock manufacture "Die Uhrenfabrikation" (269-287)
Excerpts from magazines regarding Reuleaux and the Engineering Congress in Chicago.
Photocopy. K. Mauersberer. "Franz Reuleeaux (1829-1905)". In Banse, G. Wollgast, S. (Hrsg.): *Biografien bedeutender Techniker. Volk und Wissen* Volkseigener Verlag, Berlin 1983, 184-192.
Photocopies of materials re the Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions. Includes certificates and letters. Some of it seems to be from the Reichskanzleramt
Images of machines and mechanisms
letter about photocopying mistake
Article about Reuleaux "adversary" Alois Riedler in German, by Karl-Heinz Manegold.
Photocopied article, originally in *Scientific American Supplement* No 913. This is a reprint.
Photocopied article. "A paper read before the American Railway Master Mechanics' Association. Reprinted from the Journal of the Franklin Institute, December 1875." Philadelphia: WM P. Kildrake, printer.
Photocopy of the H. Wedding article: "Vortrag gehalten im Verein zur Befoerderung des GewerbfleiBes" Berlin: Leonhard Simion, 1905.
A photocopy of the title page for Principien der Mechanik und des Maschinenbaues, by F. Redtenbacher. Mannheim: Friedrich Bassermann, 1859.
From the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
From the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Includes selection from article by Carl Reuleaux (Franz Reuleaux's son): "Auch eine Alabamafrage..." Berlin: Carl Beelitz Verlag, 1872. Also includes another Carl Reuleaux piece: "Von der romantischen zur schoenen Maschine" (publication information unclear).
Article that cites Reuleaux and his significance. "Das Mannesmann-Rohr in seiner Bedeutung fuer das Kunstgewerbe." In *Deutsche Bauzeitung,* no 69-70, 29 August and 2 September, 1891 (article split over two issues).
From the Deutsches Museum. Has Reuleaux's name handwritten at the top. * "Wann wurde die erste Telegraphenlinie in Deutschland erbaut?" Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Telegraphenwesens* by Sautter. Berlin, 1901. Sonder-Abdruck aus dem Archiv fuer Post und Telegraphie.
Ads and catalogs selling material influenced by Reuleaux (his name isn't here).
Notes on Reuleaux's symbol notation.
Notes
Notes, online printouts, correspondence, list of references. Some of it seems is from a the Deutsches Uhrenmuseum.
Brochures, notes, correspondence on the Deutsches Museum and its collections.
Notes and material from Moon's research trips to the Deutsches Museum in Munich in 2000-2002. Includes notes, a bibliography, a list of digital pictures taken, list of Nachless (collection) numbers and material about the collection from the archive.
Articles by Andrew Dimarogonas and others. Photocopy of work by Moll and Reuleaux: *Constructionslehre fuer den Maschinenbau.* Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1854; English translation of a few pages. Also includes correspondence with Dimarogonas and Werner Goldsmith.
Research done at the American Philosophical Society; photocopies of Reuleaux correspondence (English), notes, catalog records. Research seems to be from 2001; material from 1890-1969
Translated 2003. Material from Lueders (Wider Herrn Reuleaux!, 1877); Koch (Franz Reuleaux und die Grundung der Mannesmannrehren-Werke, 1969) and others; article on Paris expo. Summaries more than translations. Works 1877-1992.
Notes, phtographs, lists, photocopies from the Deutsches Museum. Research done in 2001
Photocopies, correspondence, notes. Info on collections.
Powerpoint slides from a lecture on Reuleaux, in German. Given by a Prof Braune in Hannover, sent to Moon.
Photocopies of two articles.
Series of blurbs copied from various issues of *American Machinist* that mention Thurston and/or Reuleaux
In Cassier's magazine.
Info on various museums with info on Kinematics
About history of Gustav Voigt's home/workshop in Berlin
Notes
Notes from Reuleaux Kinematics book and others (no citations).
Photocopy of Robert Willis' "Principles of Mechanism: Designed for the use of students in the Universities..." London: John W. Parker.
Misc. articles on Kinematics, technology and machining
. Notes, photocopies of pages
From Sept. 14, 1905. pp 368-370.
Article from March 21, 1908. "The Mutual Relations of Geometry and Mechanics and Prof. Reuleaux's mechanical Movements."
"Herr Geheimer Regierungsrath, Professor Franz Reuleaux und sein Treiben im allgemeinen deutschen Sprachverein" Braunschweig: Johannes Heinrich Meyer: 1893. Photocopy.
Photocopied article: "Franz Reuleaux uns die Grundlagen seiner Kinematik." Carl Weihe VDI. In *Deutsches Museum: Abhandlungen und Berichte,* 14. Jahrgang, Heft 4.
By Raymond Roberts
Miscellaneous articles and parts of articles in German on Reuleaux and his contemporaries
Misc articles, notes and drawings
Includes a floppy disk
Correspondence with Ing. D. Severin, articles, printed websites. Visited him in Berlin--Reuleaux scholar
Itineraries, plane tickets
Printouts of Mechanical Engineering Biographies (from ASME).
Article on Reuleaux's Animal Kinematics. "Animal Kinematics--A Review of a Study of Franz Reuleaux about Restrained Animal Motions." By Hanfried Kerle and Manfred Helm. in M Ceccarelli (ed): *International Symposium on History of Machines and Mecahanisms, Proceedings* HMM 2000. 181-186.
Photocopy of 1933 article by Pollard. Actually labeled "Kinematic Design in Engineering."
Images and list of documents, printed from online.
Notes on Zopke's writings on Reuleaux.
A piece on Emil Rathenau
Dissertation (in German) on Reuleaux by Sebastian Remberger. Title: *Franz Reuleaux: Ansichten und Selbstverstaendnis eines Ingenieurs in der deutschen Gesellschaft des spaeten 19. Jahrhundert.*
Secondary source articles on Reuleaux and his context, all in German
Notes and research on Voigt and Reuleaux. Includes hand-transcribed letters (Moon's transcriptions) from the Deutsches Museum. Includes Moon's research questions. Moon correspondence, arranging meetings during a research trip in May of 2000.
Articles by Klaus Mauersberger and others on Reuleaux and technology. Also includes some correspondence with him.
Photocopies from a publication called Reuleaux-Mitteilungen, put out by the Reuleaux Gesellschaft
Notes and articles on Otto, Langen and the Wankel engine. Also, general notes on European history.
From the U. at Karlsruhe. Secondary research.
Photocopies of diagrams from "The Theory of Machines: A Text-book for Engineering Students" by Thomas Bevan. London: Longmans, 1956. pp 144-149. Originally published in 1939.
Lookback after his death. Cites Reuleaux's influence on an inventor. From *Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung,* October 1988.
articles and diagrams
book chapter on Alfred Stieglitz that mentions him studying under Reuleaux.
Moon's notes, drawings
Glossaries, hand-made lists of terms
Photocopies of book: *The Kinematics of Machinery. Two lectures relating to Reuleaux Methods.* By Alex B.W. Kennedy. Has intro by Thurston.
Mix of primary and secondary source articles on Reuleaux, including one by Hans Joachim Braun. Notes. Material on Deutsches Museum collection.
Secondary source articles on the history of Kinematics. Articles 1953-1997
Notes on Reuleaux, drafts of article on Cornell collection
Photocopy of pp. 185-230. Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology paper 27.
Photocopy from *The Enjoyment of Mathematics: Selections from Mathematics for the Amateur* (Princeton: Princeton U Press, 1957). Info on Reuleaux's curvilinear triangle. Also drawings and notes and a brief article. Gathered 2002.
Photocopies of article from 1876
Article "Technical Museums and International Exhibitions" by Eugene S. Ferguson. (print-out off internet; not clear where article was published)
Photocopy of a drawing
History of the institution at which Reuleaux taught. Relevant information marked with a bookmark. Additional relevant photocopies of articles slipped into the back. Will need to be foldered seperately
Includes photocopies and transcriptions of original primary source documents created by Reuleaux, such as Reuleaux’s correspondence, publications and drawings.
Photocopy of letter from Reuleaux to Thurston.
Typed copies of letters (annotated); also include transcripts by hand, and notes.
Draft of a Moon piece on Reuleaux's letters, coauthored with Moon's his wife, Elizabeth. Consists mostly of the letters themselves, with some commentary and notes.
See above.
Copy of "The Letterbooks of Franz Reuleaux (1829-1905): A Victorian Engineer." Francis C. Moon and Elizabeth E. Moon.
Photocopies of Reuleaux letters from the Deutsches Museum. In German, English, French.
Moon's transcriptions of Reuleaux quotes.
Full photocopy of *Die Mascine in der Arbeiterfrage.* F.C.C. Bruns' Verlag, 1885.
Photocopy (some pages missing) from Deutsches Museum. In *Verhandlungen des Verein zuer Befoerderung des GewerbefleiBes* 55, 1877, pp. 50-88
Photocopies of figures from Reuleaux's *Kinematics of machinery.*
Photocopies of articles/lecture on the arts by Reuleaux. (from the Deutsches Museum)
Reuleaux lecture: "Ueber den EinfluB der Maschine auf den Gewerbebetrieb" in *Nord und Sued: Eine deutsche Monatsschrift.* Breslau: S. Schottlaender Verlag, 1897. Also from DM
Ueber asiatische Kunst auf der Melbourner Ausstellung. Verein fuer Deutsches Kunstgewerbe zu Berlin.
From the Deutsches Museum. "Neue Betrachtungen und Versuche ueber die Zapfenreibung." Published in the *Zeitschrift des Vereines deutscher Ingenieure;* vol 35 pg 932. Photocopied article.
Photocopied Reuleaux correspondence. Includes some drawings. Probably from Deutsches Museum
Reuleaux reports on exhibitions (Paris and Chicago). Plus, photocopies from his quotation book (1852). All from Deutsches Museum.
Photocopy of selected pages. In Reuleaux's handwriting. From the Deutsches Museum.
"Das Bahnercentrik, ein neuer Bewegungsmechanismus." From *Zivilingineur,* Band 4, Heft 1. (n.d.)
Ueber Neuerungen an Dempfpumpen und Dampfpumpwerken. Lecture before the Verein fuer Eisenbahnkunde, 1886. DM
A lecture about a trip to Russia. Not sure where published. DM.
*Ueber die Parallelraeder und einege verwandte Mechinismen.* Berlin: G. Hickethier, 1876. DM.
Describes a bunch of figures that aren't included. DM
Selected pages from Reuleaux's "Ueber die Sperrwerke und ihre Anwendungen." *Vereins zur Befoerderung des Gewerbfleises* 1877. Berlin: Nicolaische Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1877.
Translated article: "On New Features in Teledynamic Transmitters." *School of Mines Quarterly,* vol 8, no 2, 1887. DM
Copies of Reuleaux notes, drawings, etc. re regulators. Lots of drawings
Photocopy: Otto, H.A. and Eugen Langen. *Atmosphaerische Gaskraftmaschine.* Berlin: 1868. (G. Hickethier pub?) 1-13. Scribbled on front: von F. Reuleaux.
Images of plates of Reuleaux mechanisms. One set labeled as being from "Theoretische Kinematik" (1875).
*Geradfuehrungen. In Skizzenbuch der angewandten Kinematik: Eine sammlung von mechanismen nach den Vortraegen des gehimen Regierungsrath Professor Reuleaux.* von den Studiernden der Kgl. technischen Hochschule. Berlin: Verein Huette, 1880.
Images/drawings of mechanisms
Leipzig u. Berlin: Otto Spamer Verlag. Photocopy includes the forward and pages 523-582, chapters on Watt and the steam engine, and locomotives.
Photocopies of Reuleaux. letters to Thurston. 1880s. Also Reuleaux's lecture notes in German, and Reuleaux's hand drawings.
"Franz Reuleaux: Kinematik--Aesthetik--Industrie. Konstruktion." 11. Bildnisse beruehmter Konstruktuere.
Dictionary of technical terms. From *Der Fuehrer des Maschinisten by E.F. Scholl,* "besorgt" by Reuleaux. Brauschweig: Friedrich Weiweg und Sohn. Pages 536-548
Photocopies and transcripts of Reuleaux letters to A.D. White. Photocopies of old articles.
Photocopies of primary source material, including examples of Reuleaux's drawings
Photocopy of a Reuleaux paper in translation: "Technology and Civilisation" (1890). Photocopies of other Reuleaux primary source material. Also, bibliography of writings on machines. Gathered in '99.
Copy of translation of Reuleaux: "The influence of the Technical Sciences upon General Culture" (trans Wheaton Kunhardt. From School of Mines Quarterly Vol VII No 1. Oct 1885). Looks like from DM.
Photocopy of piece by Reuleaux. Berlin: Verlag von Hermann Paetel, 1901.
Photocopy of Reuleaux's *Cultur und Technik.* Wien: Verlag des Niederoesterreichischen Gewerbevereines, Druck von A. Keiss: 1884. Says: Vortrag Gehalten in Niederoesterrichischen Gewerbevereines.
Photocopy and some notes. "Lehrbuch der Kinematik von Prof. Dr. F. Reuleaux. Zweiter Band: Die Praktischen Beziehungen der Kinematik zu Geometrie und Mechanik" (Braunschwieg: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1900).
Photocopy of Rx's text in German: Ueber den Maschinenbaustil (Braunschweib: Fridrich Veiweg und Sohn, 1862). Summary in English (not a full translation).
Photocopy of letter (primary source).
Includes research on Reuleaux’s biography and family. Genealogical material includes family trees and information on his ancestors and descendants.
Photocopied images of Reuleaux, Reuleaux-related landmarks, etc.
From the Fakultaet fuer Maschinenbaue at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Correspondence about a portrait of Reuleaux
Notes, correspondence, online material for conversations with Henning Reuleaux and others, including Severin and Remberger.
Includes a printed version of Henning Reuleaux fam history, plus a version on CD. Part 3 is on the Reuleaux family in the 1950's.
Notes, a family tree narrative (in German), correspondence, photographs of models
Photos taken on Moon's trip to Berlin. Includes area where Reuleaux used to live, and Reuleaux relatives
Reuleaux gave commencement address at Stevens Institute of Technology. This is a brief blurb about it in *Scientific American* (July 29, 1876. Vol XXV p 69).
Letter (in German) from Dr. Henning Reuleaux, about Reuleaux and his family.
Correspondence with Reuleaux's great-granddaughter (American)
Correspondence and notes re Sylvia Reuleaux Pack's visit to Ithaca.
Family tree for Reuleaux family, Berlin branch. With narrative/history in German. By Christian and Jo Reuleaux.
In da Vinci/Reuleaux book. Photocopied images of Reuleaux, one printed picture. Also includes photocopy of picture of Reuleaux. (One picture has him with his spindle collection).
Correspondence and an illustration, discussing the location of Rx's house in Berlin.
Correspondence in German
articles, notes on Rx, esp. biography. Gathered 1999-2000
Info on Marie Reuleaux, list of people with Reuleaux connections.
Book and Reuleaux family material
Contains information on kinematic models. These include models designed by Reuleaux and others, those housed at Cornell and those dispersed around the world. Also includes material on projects related to models, including the exhibit of Cornell’s Reuleaux collection and the KMODDL library.
Information about models designed by Reuleaux, especially those housed at other institutions. Reuleaux designated Gustav Voigt and J. Schroeder to manufacture his models, and this subseries contains catalogs of the models Voigt and Schroeder sold. It also includes material on models designed by Reuleux’s mentor, Redtenbacher.
Koch's catalog is from 1912 (physical catalog, not copied). Voigt's is mimeographed (1926 for the original?)
Another copy of the Voigt catalogs, 1 and 2nd Verzeichnis
Photocopies of drawings of Redtenbacher models
Correspondence and other documents related to Redtenbacher models
Photocopy of catalog from 1907. Also includes color images of models (1999-2000)
Photocopied articles on Rx model collections in Dresden. From Dr. FueBl, DM. Original copy from Dr. Mauersberger, Dresden, Oct 2001. From Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz der Technischen Universitaet Dresden
Photocopy of old catalog listing of models (German). Correspondence. Material on the Verein deutscher Ingenieure.
Photocopy of model-maker J. Schroeder's catalog, with illustrations of models
Selected photocopies from Schroeder's 1884 catalog.
Photocopy of Schroeder's 1884 catalog.
Research related to the lost McGill models. Photocopies of McGill course catalog excerpts. Info on Henry T. Bovey.
Correspondence and notes, trying to track down Rx models that used to be at McGill
Printed photographs and other images of Rx models. Also includes some drawings.
Info on other Rx model collections. Includes photocopied drawings, articles
Photocopy of catalog, w/ translation notes in English.
Copies of oversized drawings of Redtenbacher Models
Oversize photocopy of Kinematische Modelle Nach Professor Reuleaux. Also includes an undated original "zweites Verzeichness" of text.
Book, info on Rx models
Records pertaining to the Reuleaux models obtained by Cornell president A.D. White in 1882. Includes material on the history of the collection and its use as a teaching tool. Also includes material on the permanent exhibit of the models in Duffield Hall, known as the Reuleaux Collection of Mechanisms and Machines, and designated a National Mechanical Engineering Historic Collection by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers History and Heritage Committee.
Drawings.
Photocopies of old Voigt catalogs. Includes actual book of Voigt models. Inventory of Cornell's collection.
Moon's 1999 report on the Rx collection at Cornell and appendices, including photocopied pages of cards describing the models from the 1940's or 1950's, and including a more current catalog.
Photographs, negatives, photocopies of images of Cornell Models. Also notes.
Correpsondence, notes and lists for the models.
Moon article on Cornell Rx collection
Inventory, notes, catalogs
Inventory
Inventory with images
Also includes relevant articles, including another copy of that Scientific American article.
Inventory
Photo of Hunter Rawlings posing in front of the exhibit
Moon's handwritten list of Rx models to show
Printed images of the old display of Rx models in Sibley
Official booklet to accompany the Reuleaux Model exhibit.
Brochure that predates the permanent exhibit, although it is undated.
Various brochures
Correspondence and proposals
Descriptions of the models in Cornell's collections. Secondary stuff. Also includes notes. Two loose photographs.
Misc photocopies about the Rx models at Cornell.
Assignment revolving around the Rx collections, for Architectural Drawing 101
draft
Includes drafts and reports on Cornell's Rx Collection. Also includes photocopies of old cards describing the models, and memoranda. Photocopies of primary source articles.
Also includes drafts, notes, etc.
Lived 1924-2000. Moon's correspondence with him. Includes copies of his index cards.
Another draft
Entire magazine included. Blurb begins page 11. About Cornell's Rx models (quotes Moon).
Cards and photocopies of cards describing Rx's kinematic models at Cornell.
Photocopy of a book chapter by Monte A. Calvert in The Mechanical Engineer in America, 1830-1910. (n.d.) pp 87-105.
Photocopies from the Sibley Journal of Engineering (1894); a brochure on Hiram Sibley (1998)
So cute--fan letters from kids about seeing the Rx collection. Also, materials from a scavenger hunt.
Inventory and Notes
Proposals, correspondence, notes, etc., all re Rx models at Cornell.
[keep folder] Correspondence, notes, drawings, designs etc.
Articles, notes, drafts
Drafts, articles, drawings, a CD. Looks like the beginning of what became KMODDL, but I'm not sure
Draft of Moon speech, articles, fliers, etc. related to the dedication of the Rx exhibit.
Records pertaining to the creation of the Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (KMODDL), an online library about kinematics and kinematic models, created by Moon and his collaborators at other institutions. It includes drafts of tutorials and essays for KMODDL, correspondence, and information regarding the National Science Foundation grant that originally funded the project.
KMODDL tutorial, written by Moon
KMODDL tutorial by Moon
KMODDL bio written by Javier Lezaun.
John Braithwaite
KMODDL bio for Joseph Bramah.
Benjamin Bramer
KMODDL bio for Brauer.
KMODDL bio for Nicholas Cadiat.
KMODDL bio for Edmund Cartwright, written by Javier Lezaun. Also includes other blurbs on Cartwright.
KMODDL bio for Chubb Locks.
Edward and James Dakeyne
KMODDL bio for Joseph Dart and his elevator.
KMODDL bio forDavies/Davis.
Notes on Edmund Beckett Denison, Lord Grimthorpe, and his clock-making. Includes additional blurbs on Denison.
KMODDL bio for Oliver Evans and his mills and steam engines, by Javier Lezaun. Includes additional blurbs.
KMODDL bio for John Farey, by Javier Lezaun.
KMODDL bio for Elijah Galloway.
KMODDL bio for George Graham, horologist.
KMODDL bio for Robert Hooke, clock-maker
KMODDL bio for Juergensen family of watch-makers
KMODDL bio for Andre Koechlin.
KMODDL bio for Maudslay family of engineers.
KMODDL bio for Thomas Mudge, horologist
On John Oldham.
KMODDL bio written by Javier Lezaun.
Pfitzer brothers
KMODDL bio for Georg Reichenbach.
Reuleaux's prof. Ferdinand Redtenbacher
KMODDL bio for Repsold Family.
Richard Roberts
John Robertson
Gilles Personne de Roberval. Says Reuleaux probably meant him when he wrote "Roberwal"
KMODDL info on "Root's blower." Notes written by Javier Lezaun.
Theodor Schoenemann: nothing is known about him!
Frans van Schooten
KMODDL bio for Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue.
KMODDL bio for Sellers.
KMODDL bio for Simpson and Shipton, rotary engine innovators.
Referring to Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev.
Diedrich Ulhorn
KMODDL bio for Hermann Wedding
KMODDL bio for Joseph Whitworth and the Whitworth thread.
KMODDL bio for the Yale family of lock-makers.
Misc biographical notes on Redtenbacher, Graham and others
KMODDL spreadsheet listing models, model numbers, and who writes what (bios, tutorials, etc.)
Moon's tutorial: Four-bar Linkage Coupler Curves and the Roberts-Chebyshev Theorem
A KMODDL tutorial written by Moon
Photocopy of a KMODDL brochure: "Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library".
Spreadsheets and correspondence re copyright permissions for digitizing books for KMODDL
Correspondence about KMODDL, NSF
Correspondence, catalog records, lists
About KMODDL, also about preservation of the collection
Correspondence, lists
NSF Proposal. KMODDL Draft, corresponcence.
Proposal No. 0415374. Correspondence. Drafts
Correspondence (e-mails)
Information on models not designed by Reuleaux. Many of these model collections became a part of the KMODDL project.
Photocopied article
Issue of *Mechanical Engineering*, vol 114 no 8 from August 1992. Article begins pg 34.
Images of models, drawings, etc.
2 photos of Peter Koch models
An original of a Peter Koch catalog of models. Includes illustrations
Drawings of models and material from Suresh G.K. Ananthasuresh
Articles about collections of mechanical models at the Musee des arts et metiers, Paris. One in french, one in English. Also includes some misc secondary info on Reuleaux.
Correspondence about Otto Thilo's models based on Reuleaux's Kinnematik im Tierreiche (1909). Also, a secondary article from 1996, and a 1901 article on Reuleaux's K i T.
Kinematic models from Prof. Dietrich in Aachen
Other models. Includes images.
Images of models in Moscow; printed webpages.
One piece of correspondence about L. da Vinci models at IBM
Images of Schroeder models at the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence. Correspondence w/ Paolo Brenni and others at the museum. Also includes print-outs from the museum's website.
Photos and e-mails (photos duplicated elsewhere, but the negatives are here).
"Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Getriebemodelle--Ueber die technikgeschichtliche Bedeutung der Getriebe-Prototypen". From the Kolloquium Getriebetechnik, Aachen 2009
Includes IGM--Getriebesammlung publication, with a catalog of Aachen's models.
Correspondence, articles, drafts, notes re Porto's model collections (Reuleaux-Voigt).
Fliers and posters
Articles, correspondence
Correspondence. Listing and images of models. Notes.
Photocopy of Peter Koch's catalog of models
Photocopy of instrument catalog from 1865. Relevant bibliography, info on Deleuil. Put together 2002
Printed-out images of models, info on Johannes Volmer in Chemnitz and the models
Printed-out images of models
Printed-out images of models
Photographs, e-mails, article with notes translating
E-mail correspondence
Article, notes
Images, photocopied articles, webpage print-outs
One e-mail with links to info on mathematical instruments in Italy
Printouts from the webpage of the Politecnico di Torino, about their kinematic models. Includes images
Images, correspondence re Carl Moll models in Riga
Images, correspondence
Info on Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev. Article, photocopy of a catalog in Russian, images.
Article on models in Taiwan, and a CD Rom
Includes drafts and final copies of Moon’s academic papers on Reuleaux and others. Also includes relevant materials for Moon’s lectures and presentations on Reuleaux.
Correpsondence and drafts for Moon's paper: Robert Willis and Franz Reuleaux: Pioneers in the Theory of Medicine.
Moon article in Cornell's ENGINEERING magazine. Magazine itself rather than a draft or typed copy.
Paper co-authored by Moon, Hod Lipson, Jimmy Hai, and Carlo Paventi. In the Journal of Mechanical Design, vol 127: Sept 2005 (1029-1033).
Moon paper.
Moon paper coauthored with Preston D. Stiefel. *Philosophical Transcriptions of the Royal Society* (2006). 364, 2539-2563. Printed article, plus typed version.
Moon paper coauthored with Anthony J. Johnson. *IEEE Transactions on Magnetics,* Vol 42 No 3. March, 2006. Printed version.
Moon lecture at the Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics
Printed copy of Moon Paper. *Applied Mechaniccs Review* vol 56, no 2, March 2003. ASME reprint. Also includes typed version from 2002.
Moon article
A report by Moon.
"A Compendium of Research and Historical Artifact Collections at Cornell University." Written by Moon. Looks like print-outs of a Power Point
Draft of Moon paper for IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Coathored with H. Lipson and T. Kostka.
Typed version of the Willis and Reuleaux paper
Original papers for the History of Machines and Mechanisms conference. Includes lots of powerpoint images.
Moon paper
PowerPoint Slides of a Moon presentation: Franz Reuleaux: Complexity and Chaos in the History of Machines
All correspondence concerning Moon's AMR (*Applied Mechanics Review*) paper.
[AMR files]; Final draft of the paper for AMR. Also includes copy of some of the images for the article.
[AMR files]
[AMR files] also some correspondence w/ reviewer
Lecture note cards, notes, references list. Research/talks, or maybe stuff Moon produces...
Annotated drafts of Moon's paper: "Franz Reuleaux: Contributions to 19th Century Kinematics and Theory of Machines." For Applied Mechanics Reviews.
Printed catalog records from Library of Congress; Info on the ASME History and Heritage Committee meeting in D.C., at which Moon presented on Rx.
Frank Moon articles on Cornell's Rx collection and on Rx.
Moon's paper for the Royal Society 57(2), 209-230 (2003).
[Big blue folder has lots of files on Willis and Rx article Moon published.] Keep together. This one: paperwork and correspondence
Draft of paper, CD's with text, high quality images of models, etc.
Correspondence, images, drafts of paper.
Correspondence, drafts, an issue of the journal
Draft of Moon's the Cornell Reuleaux Collection of Mechanisms
Draft 3 of Moon paper: Reuleaux Triangles and Rollers: Models in the Cornell Kinematics Collection
Articles for Moon's research on rollers, rotary, Rx triangles
Drafts 1 and 2 of Moon paper: Draft 3 of Moon paper: Reuleaux Triangles and Rollers: Models in the Cornell Kinematics Collection. Also, relevant notes
More notes, more drafts. Includes draft 4 of above, and a draft of Moon's The Reuleaux Triangle and Constant Width Rollers: Models in the Cornell Kinematic Collection
Notes, research, drafts. Includes draft of Moon paper: Franz Reuleaux: The Man Who Deconstructed the Machine.
Handwritten drafts of Moon's article
Correspondence, drafts of the book proposal
Final draft of the book proposal
Drafts of Moon article: "Franz Reuleaux: The man who deconstructed the machine." Also includes a floppy disk.
Franz Reuleaux's small machines. Looks like it's from some Cornell publication.
Newspaper
Includes "The Cornell Reuleaux Collection of Mechanisms," "The Reauleaux Collection of Mechanisms at Cornell University," and Franz Reauleaux: "19th Century History of Kinematics and History of Machines."
Overhead projections on Leonardo Da Vinci and Reuleaux from Moon lectures
Lists of lectures, and fliers
Lecture outline and narration
Moon papers, re Rx models, KMODDL, etc.
Includes a schedule for the conference at Cornell, and a Moon-edited publication of relevant papers. IFToMM stands for International Federation for the Theory of Machanisms and Machines. [OVERSIZE / LEGAL SIZE]
Includes images of model collections, many of which were for the KMODDL project. They include photographs taken of models at the Deutsches Museum and Karlsruhe, and original slides of images of Cornell’s Reuleaux models. Additional formats include CD’s, floppy disks, and printouts.
printed in color on glossy paper
printed in color on glossy paper
printed in color on glossy paper
printed in color on glossy paper
original slides, Moon esp. concerned
[set of 6 envelopes with pictures. Also include negatives]. Pictures of models from the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
Just negatives
Mixture of DM models and Rx landmarks
Title further reads London Sci Museum 1876 Int'l Exhibition Rx Models Photos. Cambridge Univ R. Willis Sketches and Drawings.
Includes a list on the outside. Seems to include Karlsruhe Models and Hannover Models as well.; Zip Drive Instruction Manual
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To appear in Applied Mechanics Review, 2003.