2 of 4 - Synthesis -A machine that uses gears, springs and levers to add sines and cosines
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| Description | * Learn more at: http://www.engineerguy.com/fourier Buy the book on Amazon Buy the posters on Zazzle Main videos in the series (1/4) Introduction (3/4) Analysis (4/4) Operation Bonus videos Books and Posters Page-by-Page Spinning Machine Rocker Arms This introduction to the series Albert Michelson’s Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical computer that performed Fourier analysis by using gears, springs and levers to calculate with sines and cosines — an astonishing feat in an age before electronic computers. Check out the series companion book and learn how to get a free PDF of the entire book at http://www.engineerguy.com/fourier. |
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| Date | 2014-11-12 |
| Source | commons.wikimedia.org |
| Author | Bill Hammack, Steve Kranz and Bruce Carpenter (University of Illinois) |
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Attribution: Bill Hammack, Steve Kranz and Bruce Carpenter (University of Illinois), 2014-11-12