Philosophical Reactions #2: Mercury and Micrographia @Attoparsec

Philosophical Reactions #2: Mercury and Micrographia @Attoparsec

Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

A review of Philosophical Transactions #2 for Munday, April 3 1665.

Snippy letters between Cassini and Auzout, the return of the monstrous calf, mercury mining, sericulture and Hooke's Micrographia.

Philosophical Reactions #2: Mercury and Micrographia

Watt linkage / parallel motion

Eurorack DIY: Custom Case #1

GYRE 2003 Weightless Wonder Flight #2

Camera mount improvements

Hydraulic positioning test (AS5040)

Pneumatic Slide Whistle #5: Rethinking the baffle

Making a d10 spinner

Fun with calcium carbide

Harmonic Fire Pendula, Burning Man 2012

Making a Fremen thumper

The Grand Junction 90 Inch Engine

Philosophical Reactions #2: Mercury and Micrographia