Kinematic Models
April 18, 2005 12:22 PM   Subscribe

19th century mechanical models for teaching the principles of kinematics, the geometry of motion. Includes images and descriptions, QT movies of some of the models in motion, javascript simulations, and an online library of historical mechanical and engineering texts in html and pdf, including da Vinci's Madrid Codices, and Charles Babbage on On a Method of Expressing by Signs The Action of Machinery.
posted by carter (9 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Wow, there goes my afternoon! This is great.
posted by swordfishtrombones at 12:49 PM on April 18, 2005


COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Nothing further.
posted by Popular Ethics at 1:24 PM on April 18, 2005


Curved Triangular Rotor in a Square Chamber ..... movie... mesmerizing... can't ... stop.... watching...
posted by R. Mutt at 1:27 PM on April 18, 2005


Neat post, but the simulations are Java not Javascript.
posted by elderling at 1:38 PM on April 18, 2005


Oops - thanks for the correction!
posted by carter at 1:42 PM on April 18, 2005


Oops. I messed up too. "Javascript." should be "JavaScript."

Again, great post.
posted by elderling at 1:44 PM on April 18, 2005


Nice, nice, nice post.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:45 PM on April 18, 2005


very cool.
posted by 3.2.3 at 7:58 PM on April 18, 2005


Thanks, carter. My son is gonna love this resource.
posted by soyjoy at 8:30 AM on April 19, 2005


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