Author Description

ACHIEVING MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH PROVE MATHEMATICS - from theory right through to practical application in the real world – with illustrative photos. This book introduces the author’s creative concepts in the field of mechanical, angular, measuring devices, applied mathematics and geometry, and temporal mechanics. Author, Paul Lawrence has manually created measuring devices with accuracy that is perhaps just one level below that of laser measuring devices. Using problem-solving methods, he confronts a concept which may have baffled mathematicians over the centuries: To achieve mechanical instruments which prove mathematics - from theory right through to practical application in the real world. Lawrence believes these devices could improve the education of mathematicians and be beneficial for inclusion in school curriculums. An inexpensive innovation to implement, the devices could give students not just a theoretical knowledge, but greater practical skills and understanding of math. The exercise develops hand dexterity, use of math equations, patience, concentration and knowledge, to understand how to plot the measurement equation on the devices. Using problem-solving, along with geometry and CAD mathematics illustrated prototypes have been developed through a journey of discovery into a very new realm – that of creating a value that does not exist for finer measurements. Where the uses of sine bars are normally limited to defining the thickness of slip gauges and round bars, these devices are able to plot any calculated angle (minus radians) using a sine bar. This is a book of creative and practical explorations into uncharted geometrical and mathematical concepts in measuring devices. It may be of use or interest in drafting, physics applications, or mechanical, aeronautical, automotive and military engineering.