Kinematic Models

April 18, 2005 12:22 PM

19th century mechanical modelsfor 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 (10 comments total)

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

This is a wonderful post. I've wanted to get my hands on 507 Mechanical Movements for awhile now, and this post reminds me of exactly why.
posted by odinsdream at 8:40 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