MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE OF JAPAN
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The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) (日本機械学会 Nihon Kikai Gakkai) established Japan's Mechanical Engineering Heritage (MEH) program in 2007. -- see JSME, "About 'Mechanical Engineering Heritage'" https://www.jsme.or.jp/kikaiisan/index-e.html#section2
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The MEH listings highlight machines, related systems, factories, specification documents, textbooks, and other items that have had a significant impact on the development of mechanical engineering in Japan. JSME acts to preserve these historical artifacts. Each listed item is assigned a MEH number. -- see Wikipedia "Mechanical Engineering Heritage (Japan)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Engineering_Heritage_(Japan)#Collection_2
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The MEH list includes the apparatus first installed in 1870 in the Kashinozaki Lighthouse in Wakayama Prefecture. -- see Wikipedia "Kashinozaki Lighthouse" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashinozaki_Lighthouse; and see Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), "Mechanical Engineering Heritage No. 83." https://www.jsme.or.jp/kikaiisa
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The light rotating system support pedestal and the rotating gear box at Kashinozaki are shown below.
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QUESTION: The fact that historical artifacts can help us to understand the process of technology transfer begs a few questions -- for example, what else could be or should be added to this list in Japan? Or what should be preserved in other countries where this kind of program doesn't exist?
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QOTO = Question Others to Teach Ourselves?