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Translation of Zur Frühgeschichte der technischen Regelungen. This is the first historical account tracing the development of the technology of feedback control from its earliest applications. The author describes how the notion entered technology and in what forms it flourished. A case study in the intellectual history of technology, the book spans the invention of feedback control devices in all degrees of realization, from the verbally expressed idea to the industrially proved apparatus. It starts out by establishing three criteria for a precise definition of the concept “feedback”: (1) the system must carry out commands and maintain the controlled variable equal to the command signal in spite of external disturbances; (2) the system operates as a closed loop with “negative feedback”; (3) the system includes a sensing element and a comparator of which at least one can be distinguished as a physically separate element. Ancient devices meeting these criteria are discussed in detail: the water clock of Ktesibios, Philon's self-regulating oil lamp, float devices by Heron, Arabic and Far Eastern inventions. These are followed by the first thermostatic ovens and incubators constructed

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Author

Otto Mayr

Publisher

The Mit Press

Published

1970

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262630566

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Computer Science, History