A Treatise on the Theory of Screws
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A Treatise on the Theory of Screws by Robert Stawell Ball
Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1900, A Treatise on the Theory of Screws is the definitive reference on screw theory. It gives a very complete geometrical treatment of the problems of small movements in rigid dynamics. In recent years the theory of screws has emerged as a novel mathematical resource for addressing complex engineering problems, with important applications to robotics, multibody dynamics, mechanical design, computational kinematics, and hybrid automatic control. The author, Sir Robert Stawell Ball, was born in Dublin in 1840 and studied at Trinity College, Dublin. When the Royal College of Science was founded in Dublin in 1867, Ball became the first professor of applied mathematics and mechanism. In 1874 he was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland, and in 1892 he assumed the Lowndean Chair of Astronomy and Geometry and the Directorship of the University Observatory at Cambridge, where he remained until his death in 1913.
"..the definitive reference on screw theory." Applied Mechanics Reviews
"The work is of renewed interest in that the theory of screws has recently found new pertinence as a mathematical resource for complex engineering problems." Mechanical Engineering
"The work is of renewed interest in that the theory of screws has recently found new pertinence as a mathematical resource for complex engineering problems." Mechanical Engineering
Sir Robert Stawell Ball FRS (July 1, 1840 - November 25, 1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. He was the son of naturalist Robert Ball and Amelia Gresley Hellicar. He was born in Dublin. Ball worked for Lord Rosse from 1865 to 1867. In 1867 he became Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Royal College of Science in Dublin. There he lectured on mechanics and published an elementary account of the science. In 1874 Ball was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin at Dunsink Observatory. In 1908 he published A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy, which is a textbook on astronomy starting from spherical trigonometry and the celestial sphere, considering atmospheric refraction and aberration of light, and introducing basic use of a generalised instrument.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521636506 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521636507 |
| Title | A Treatise on the Theory of Screws |
| Author | Robert Stawell Ball |
| Series | Cambridge Mathematical Library |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 594 |
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