Contributions from 

 The Museum of History and Technology 



Paper 27 



Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt 



Eiigme S. Ferguson 



JAMES WATT, KINEMATIC SYNTHESIST 187 



TO DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE 199 



SCHOLARS AND MACHINES 209 



MECHANICIANS AND MECHANISMS 216 



MECHANISMS IN AMERICA, 1875-1955 223 



ADDITIONAL REFERENCES 229 



