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Advances in Historical Studies (AHS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in the study of history. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of his…
Marco Cocconcelli
In this paper, the evolution of the teaching of Applied Mechanics in Italy is detailed. A particular point of view is considered, that is the textbooks published from the postwar period to the present day. In the educational process of a student, textbooks im…
Cristina Romano, Luigi Traetta
In light of recent historiographic guidelines that have identified machines as the prime means by which the Industrial Revolution spread to the Italian countryside, this article explains the works and studies of Antonio Lo Re (1857- 1920). With his ability to…
Massimo Callegari, Stefano Brillarelli, Cecilia Scoccia
A multimedia exhibition in Fano (I) in 2019 celebrated the tight links between Vitruvius and Leonardo on the 500th year since Leonardo’s death. The authors realized an interactive animation of some machines to let the visitors enjoy an immersive experience of…
Matteo Russo, Jose A. Robles-Linares
The action mechanism of keyboard musical instruments with strings, such as pianos, transforms the motion of a depressed key into hammer swing or jack lift, which generates sound by striking the string of the instrument. The mechanical design of the key action…
Stefano Comino, Alessandro Gasparetto
In early modern times, Italian silk fabrics and threads dominated European markets. One of the drivers of the success of Italian artisans was the silk mills, able to carry out some crucial phases of silk processing. Particular importance had the mill develope…
Marco Ceccarelli
Archeological remains and literature sources are used to work out design considerations and reconstruction activities on an ancient Roman crane. Design requirements have been elaborated by looking at the Vitruvius work as republished during Renaissance and co…
Joshua Chakawa, Rudolf Nyandoro
In rural areas, the liberation war is often remembered through specific battles which afflicted permanent scars on communities. This is the case with the Mushayi battle of 25 August 1979 which involved the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) gue…
Agamenon R. E. Oliveira
The solution of the vibrating string problem is one of d’Alembert’s fundamental contributions to mathematics and physics. This problem, which attracted the attention of many mathematicians, was solved in his general formulation of the wave equation. Even nowa…
Maria Laura Mascelloni
The study reports on the identification of chemical composition of samples, of natural and artificial origin, in order to investigate the technology involved and the contest of production of metals, slag and vitrified materials from the Jordanian site of Tell…
Bibi Hafsa
The Liberation War of 1971 is a chapter of great pride in the history of Bangladesh. The nine-month long bloodiest War of Liberation war by the peoples of Bangladesh in 1971 will forever remain recorded as one of the most glorious chapters in human history. I…
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Advances in Historical Studies (AHS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in the study of history. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of his… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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