Kurt Hain and Walther Meyer zur Capellen: A View from Aachen at Two Shapers of German Mechanism Theory

摘要

The occasion of the 100th Birthday of Dr.-Ing. e.h. Kurt Hain is the starting point of the author to shed a light on two shapers of mechanism theory in Germany: Kurt Hain and Walther Meyer zur Capellen. Considering the restricted time and space of this contribution this can only just tackle the full story. Two joint publications of the two protagonists will be taken as basis of this paper. It will be shown that for both the scientific career was affected by their education, their technical and mathematical interest (or better genius) as well as their work enthusiasm. Two different people have made quite an impact on the development of mechanism theory in the decades after World War II.