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Although not animated, the book makes for delightful bathroom reading: https://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-Devices-ebook/dp/B008TVLYPC/

Although not animated, the book makes for delightful bathroom reading: https://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-Devices-ebook/dp/B008TVLYPC/ https://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-D...

thechao 7y ago
The book is also well outside of its copyright: https://ia800205.us.archive.org/1/items/Mechanical_Movements_507/Mechanical_Movements_507.pdf https://ia800205.us.archive.org/1/items/Mechanical_Movements...
- ordu 7y ago
  As a completely unrelated remark: it felt strange for me to see a so ancient text but without Yat[1] and hard signs[2] at end of the most words. You know, I've never seen so old english text, only russian ones. Typography is recognizably ancient, but where are those old letters. Cognitive dissonance as it is. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yat [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AA
  - Nition 7y ago
    If you go back a bit further you start seeing some things like that in English, for instance the thorn[1] and a "long s"[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
    - ordu 7y ago
      It is striking for me to see that alphabet might be changed without intervention of a state.
      - Nition 7y ago
        Here's the start of the Wycliffe Bible from the 14th century: > In þe firſte made God of nouȝt heuene and erþe. Þe erþe forſoþe was veyn wiþ ynne and void, and derkneſſis weren vpon þe face of þe ſee; and þe ſpiryt of God was born vpon þe watrys. And God ſeide, Be maad liȝt; and maad is liȝt. NIV Bible (20th century): > In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
  - Nition 7y ago
    By the way, I just say this because you're obviously not a native English speaker: Although your meaning is clear, "ancient" is too strong a word for a text from 1871. Ancient means a very long time ago, like maybe 1000 years or more (there's no exact definition). For this book you might just use "old", or "antique". Also, interesting to see the old letters of Cyrillic, so thank you for the links.
    - ordu 7y ago
      > "ancient" is too strong a word for a text from 1871 > use "old", or "antique" Yes, thanks! I knew the precise meaning of "ancient" (it is like in "Ancient Greece" or "Ancient Egypt", it is about times that were really different), it seems as an exaggeration, but thought that "old" is not specific enough and "antique" didn't came into my mind. At the same exaggeration is a valid literacy device. Thank you, for pointing at that. I really appreciate that, because I feel that my English is not perfect, and the lack of feedback in internet conversations doesn't allow me to improve it.
      - Nition 7y ago
        No problem. :) And yeah, as you say you can use it as intentional hyperbole as well. "Wow, the first version of The Art of Computer Programming came out in 1968 - that's ancient!"
alanbernstein 7y ago
507 Mechanical movements and 1 digestive movement.

thechao 7y ago

The book is also well outside of its copyright: https://ia800205.us.archive.org/1/items/Mechanical_Movements_507/Mechanical_Movements_507.pdf https://ia800205.us.archive.org/1/items/Mechanical_Movements...

ordu 7y ago
As a completely unrelated remark: it felt strange for me to see a so ancient text but without Yat[1] and hard signs[2] at end of the most words. You know, I've never seen so old english text, only russian ones. Typography is recognizably ancient, but where are those old letters. Cognitive dissonance as it is. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yat [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AA
- Nition 7y ago
  If you go back a bit further you start seeing some things like that in English, for instance the thorn[1] and a "long s"[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
  - ordu 7y ago
    It is striking for me to see that alphabet might be changed without intervention of a state.
    - Nition 7y ago
      Here's the start of the Wycliffe Bible from the 14th century: > In þe firſte made God of nouȝt heuene and erþe. Þe erþe forſoþe was veyn wiþ ynne and void, and derkneſſis weren vpon þe face of þe ſee; and þe ſpiryt of God was born vpon þe watrys. And God ſeide, Be maad liȝt; and maad is liȝt. NIV Bible (20th century): > In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- Nition 7y ago
  By the way, I just say this because you're obviously not a native English speaker: Although your meaning is clear, "ancient" is too strong a word for a text from 1871. Ancient means a very long time ago, like maybe 1000 years or more (there's no exact definition). For this book you might just use "old", or "antique". Also, interesting to see the old letters of Cyrillic, so thank you for the links.
  - ordu 7y ago
    > "ancient" is too strong a word for a text from 1871 > use "old", or "antique" Yes, thanks! I knew the precise meaning of "ancient" (it is like in "Ancient Greece" or "Ancient Egypt", it is about times that were really different), it seems as an exaggeration, but thought that "old" is not specific enough and "antique" didn't came into my mind. At the same exaggeration is a valid literacy device. Thank you, for pointing at that. I really appreciate that, because I feel that my English is not perfect, and the lack of feedback in internet conversations doesn't allow me to improve it.
    - Nition 7y ago
      No problem. :) And yeah, as you say you can use it as intentional hyperbole as well. "Wow, the first version of The Art of Computer Programming came out in 1968 - that's ancient!"

alanbernstein 7y ago

507 Mechanical movements and 1 digestive movement.