Adventures with Lissajous figures /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Greenslade Jr., Thomas Boardman (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: San Rafael [Καλιφόρνια] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2018.
• Σειρά: IOP concise physics.
• Θέματα: Αρμονογράφοι; Καμπύλες Lissajous

Lissajous Figures are produced by combining two oscillations at right angles to each other. The figures, drawn by mechanical devices called harmonographs, have scientific uses, but are also enjoyed for their own beauty. The author has been working with harmonographs since his undergraduate days, bui...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Preliminaries
• 1.1. Some mathematics
• 1.2. How Lissajous figures are formed
• 2. History
• 2.1. Nathaniel Bowditch and the Y-shaped pendulum
• 2.2. Jules Lissajous and his tuning forks
• 2.3. Hubert Airy's harmonographs
• 3. Harmonographs of all sorts
• 3.1. Oscillating mirrors
• 3.2. The kaleidophone
• 3.3. Oscillating blades
• 3.4. Pendulum harmonographs
• 3.5. The Y-shaped pendulum
• 3.6. The two-speaker apparatus
• 3.7. Other harmonographs of unusual design
• 3.8. The oscilloscope
• 3.9. The animated harmonograph
• 3.10. Harmonograph 'toys'
• 4. Lovely Lissajous figures.