.

This conference was sponsored by Purdue University and _Machine Design_.
Transactions of the first two conferences appeared as special sections
in _Machine Design_, December 1953, vol. 25, pp. 173-220, December 1954,
vol. 26, pp. 187-236, and in collected reprints. Papers of the third and
fourth conferences (May 1956 and October 1957) appeared in _Machine
Design_ over several months following each conference and in collected
reprints. Papers of the fifth conference (October 1958) were collected
and preprinted for conference participants; subsequently, all papers
appeared in _Machine Design_. Collected reprints and preprints are
available (May 1960) from Penton Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio.

DE JONGE, A. E. RICHARD. "Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanisms,"
_Mechanical Engineering_, July 1940, vol. 62, pp. 537-542.

----. "A Brief Account of Modern Kinematics," _Transactions of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers_, 1943, vol. 65, pp. 663-683.

GOODEVE, THOMAS M. _The Elements of Mechanism._ London, 1903.

An early textbook.

GRODZINSKI, PAUL, AND MCEWEN, EWEN. "Link Mechanisms in Modern
Kinematics," _Journal and Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers_, 1954, vol. 168, pp. 877-896.

This article evoked interesting discussion. It is unfortunate that
Grodzinski's periodical, _Mechanism, An International Bibliography_,
which was published in London in 1956-1957 and which terminated shortly
after his death, has not been revived. Grodzinski's incisive views and
informative essays are valuable and interesting.

HARTENBERG, R. S. "Complex Numbers and Four-Bar Linkages," _Machine
Design_, March 20, 1958, vol. 30, pp. 156-163.

This is an excellent primer. The author explains complex numbers in his
usual lucid fashion.

HARTENBERG, R. S., AND DENAVIT, J. "Kinematic Synthesis," _Machine
Design_, September 6, 1956, vol. 28, pp. 101-105.

MACCORD, CHARLES. _Kinematics._ New York, 1883.

An early textbook.

ROBINSON, STILLMAN W. _Principles of Mechanism._ New York, 1896.

An early textbook. The author taught at Ohio State University.

UNWIN, WILLIAM C. _The Elements of Machine Design._ New York, 1882 (ed.
4).

An early textbook. The author taught at Royal Indian Engineering
College, in England.

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