(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer
Channel: engineerguy
Date: 2014-11-11

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► Main videos in the series:
(2/4) Synthesis:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KmVDxkia_w
(3/4) Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dW6VYXp9HM
(4/4) Operation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfH-NbsmvD4

► Bonus videos:
Books and Posters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXgTwrblClQ
Page-by-Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHw9GCAtE8
Spinning Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPQwKRt4Y2k
Rocker Arms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mBuyixt22U

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.