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Page-by-Page Guide to the Free PDF of the Book Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer

Page-by-Page Guide to the Free PDF of the Book Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer

Update: 2014-11-26
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his series on 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. This video is a page-by-page commentary to the series companion book. Learn how to get a free PDF of the entire book at http://www.engineerguy.com/fourier.
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(4/4) Operation: The details of setting up the Harmonic Analyzer

(4/4) Operation: The details of setting up the Harmonic Analyzer

2014-11-2611:47

Bonus: Rocker arms: sinusoids in two different directions

Bonus: Rocker arms: sinusoids in two different directions

2014-11-2617:28

Bonus: Watch the machine spin around over and over...

Bonus: Watch the machine spin around over and over...

2014-11-2602:53

Page-by-Page Guide to the Free PDF of the Book Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer

Page-by-Page Guide to the Free PDF of the Book Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer

2014-11-2619:44

(3/4) Analysis: Explaining Fourier analysis with a machine

(3/4) Analysis: Explaining Fourier analysis with a machine

2014-11-2604:04

(2/4) Synthesis: A machine that uses gears, springs and levers to add sines and cosines

(2/4) Synthesis: A machine that uses gears, springs and levers to add sines and cosines

2014-11-2605:41

(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer

(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer

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Page-by-Page Guide to the Free PDF of the Book Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer

Page-by-Page Guide to the Free PDF of the Book Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer

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