Article ID: CBB506176356

Between Mechanics and Harmony: The Drawing of Lissajous Curves (2024)

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The contribution describes some aspects related to the representation of special curves; recalling mechanisms created specifically for the design of these curves, which have particular characteristics. Through the construction of a simple apparatus, consisting of two pendulums—which oscillate at the same time- it is possible to graphically reproduce Lissajous’ experiments on the commuting vibrations of the diapasons. This equipment was first built by Samuel Charles Tisley (London 1829-Unknown), under the name of harmonographer. The contribution aslo illustrates the essential characteristics of the harmonograph—born as a means of analysing vibrations—but which, by its principle belongs to mechanics, for its applications to acoustic science and geometry for the ability to draw “harmonious” curves.

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Article Marco Ceccarelli; Rafael López-García (2024) Introduction to the Special Issue: Findings of History of Mechanism Science. Foundations of Science (pp. 1-4). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rafael López-García
R. Dorado-Vicente
G. Medina-Sánchez
Ambrosetti, Nadia
Brauckmann, Sabine
Brown, John K.
Journals
Foundations of Science
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Technology and Culture
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Universität Regensburg
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Mechanism
Drawing; designing
Geometry
Technology
Acoustics
Mathematics
People
Alberti, Leon Battista
Baer, Karl Ernst von
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm von
Evans, Oliver
Leonardo da Vinci
Pander, Christian Heinrich
Time Periods
19th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
Ancient
Medieval
Places
France
England
Mexico
China
Europe
Germany
Institutions
Heidelberg Universität
William Sellers
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