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Re: Tatjana van Vark – The Harmonium

Steven Horii — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:39:47 -0000

If you enjoy what Tatjana van Vark has built, it is a good idea to return to her Web site regularly. Along the lines of the Harmonium, she completed a Henrici harmonic analyzer/Hele-Shaw planimeter. Original machines like this exist in the magnificent collection of the London Science Museum (they have, for example, a William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) mechanical tidal computer).

A link to the Henrici analyzer (the spheres have pickoffs at 90deg to generate sine and cosine components). There are a couple of these in the London museum:

http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/...

Re: Tatjana van Vark – The Harmonium

Tinkergirl — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:07:50 -0000

I apologise deeply if that is the case - I couldn't find a single pronoun on the site to give me a clue either way, and the photograph didn't help me too much either. I am also unfamiliar with the gender of name Tatjana, but I'll take your word for it. My greatest apologies for any insult to Ms. van Vark.

Re: Tatjana van Vark – The Harmonium

Thee Reverend Obskure — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:32:37 -0000

FYI, I believe that Tatjana van Vark is a "she" and not a "he".