Bauman University TMM Department in the Former Half of the XXTH Century (Professor N. Mertsalov & Professor L. Smirnov)

Abstract

History of the “Theory of Machines and Mechanisms” Department of the Bauman Moscow Technical University in the first half of XX century is closely connected with Profs. N. I. Mertsalov, and L. P. Smirnov. Both of them graduated from two high schools: Moscow State University and Imperial Moscow Technical School (Bauman Moscow Technical University nowadays). Besides their study of the theory of mechanisms and machines (TMM), they were involved in other scientific fields: thermodynamics (N. I. Mertsalov), and steam machines (L. P. Smirnov).