Watch the mechanisms from an 1868 engineering book come to life

In 1868 Henry T. Brown wrote a book called Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements. The subtitle is an apt description of the contents: EMBRACING ALL THOSE WHICH ARE MOST IMPORTANT IN DYNAMICS, HYDRAULICS, HYDROSTATICS, PNEUMATICS, STEAM ENGINES, MILL AND OTHER GEARING, PRESSES, HOROLOGY, AND MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY; AND INCLUDING MANY MOVEMENTS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED AND SEVERAL WHICH HAVE ONLY RECENTLY COME INTO USE. — Read the rest The post Watch the mechanisms from an 1868 engineering book come to life appeared first on Boing Boing.

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