Albert Michelson’s harmonic analyzer — a 19th century mechanical calculator that can do Fourier analysis with just gears, springs and levers — was found at the University of Illinois, and then lovingly restored by a trio of makers who lavishly documented it in a book ( free PDF / paperback / hardcover ) and a mesmerizing video series . Read the rest
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Mesmerizing rebuild of a mechanical Fourier calculator
