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Bill Hammack's audio and video work emphasizes the creative role of engineers in designing and creating our world. He's a regular commentator on radio - based at Illinois Public Radio in Urbana he's a... Read more

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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

This series on Albert Michelson’s Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical computer that performed F... Read more

26 Nov 2014

11mins

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Bonus: Rocker arms: sinusoids in two different directions

Bonus: Rocker arms: sinusoids in two different directions

This series on Albert Michelson’s Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical computer that performed F... Read more

26 Nov 2014

17mins

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

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

This series on Albert Michelson’s Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical computer that performed F... Read more

26 Nov 2014

2mins

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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

his series on Albert Michelson’s Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical computer that performed Fo... Read more

26 Nov 2014

19mins

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

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

► Learn more at: http://www.engineerguy.com/fourier ► Buy the book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/098396617... Read more

26 Nov 2014

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(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

This series on Albert Michelson’s Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical computer that performed F... Read more

26 Nov 2014

5mins

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

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

This introduction to the series Albert Michelson’s Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical computer... Read more

26 Nov 2014

3mins

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How home air conditioning triumphed over the open air movement

How home air conditioning triumphed over the open air movement

Bill explains how the rise of home air conditioning had to battle the open air movements in public school: They regarded... Read more

12 Aug 2014

2mins

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Kodak

Kodak

Bill tells the story of how George Eastman invented film. Its use in the Brownie camera revolutionized photography; tha... Read more

5 Aug 2014

2mins

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How the Donner Party inspired food packaging

How the Donner Party inspired food packaging

Bill tells us about packaging, a sub-discipline of engineering that is essential to our society. This radio commentary w... Read more

28 Jul 2014

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