Harmonograph Pendulum Aka Inventions At . Exhibition (1937)

Location unknown. Harmonograph is presented at Great Western Railways (.) Exhibition. Purpose of the instrument is to record two or more connected movements. Two men adjusting the two pendulums going to different directions so the harmonograph can record their movements. Several shots of the pendulums moving and the pen recording their movements on a paper which is attached to a disk. One pendulum is attached to a pen and the other to disc. Various shots of quite fascinating drawings produced on this instrument. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont Britis