Guidobaldo del Monte's Mechanicorum liber

• Main Author: Jürgen Renn (auth)
• Other Authors: Peter Damerow (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edition Open Access 2010
• Series: Sources 1: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• Subjects: early modern period; MPRL; Edition Open Access; mechanics; history of science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The book presents Guidobaldo del Monte's first book from 1577, the Mechanicorum liber, which is reprinted here in a facsimile edition. The book is a comprehensive treatise on mechanics dealing with the five simple machines, the lever, the pulley, the wheel on an axle, the wedge and the screw. T...