Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)
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HN comment orderThis is awesome, and reminds me of Animagraffs [0], which has also come up on HN from time to time. [0] https://animagraffs.com
There are several editions of 507 Mechanical Movements available on the Internet Archive. I was so impressed with this little book that about a decade ago I downloaded the PDF and turned it into a properly bound book. Here's the 1871 edition on the IA: https://archive.org/details/Mechanical_Movements_507
Similar pages that will scratch the same itch - [Complete Knot List | Alphabetical list of all Knots | Animated Knots by Grog](https://www.animatedknots.com/complete-knot-list) - [McMaster-Carr](https://www.mcmaster.com/)
This is amazing, a classic book brought to animation! Thanks.
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-31 | Animated diagrams of (some of the) 507 Mechanical Movements | mdturnerphys | 4 | 0 |
| 2013-08-21 | 507 Mechanical Movements | joshwa | 3 | 0 |
| 2014-07-11 | Mechanical Movements, Animated | mhb | 2 | 1 |
| 2017-09-02 | 507 Mechanical Movements | porlune | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-02-13 | Mechanical Movements | duck | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-05-12 | Mechanical Movements | MagicPropmaker | 6 | 0 |
| 2019-05-21 | Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)First breakout · Best thread | dvt | 798 | 147 |
| 2021-03-07 | 507 Mechanical Movements (1868) | Naracion | 159 | 30 |
| 2022-08-04 | 507 Mechanical Movements | Kye | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-09-18 | Five hundred and seven Mechanical MovementsLatest 20+ point return | KolmogorovComp | 41 | 5 |
| 2026-02-05 | Mechanical Movements | surprisetalk | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-03-08 | Mechanical Movements Animated | TigerUniversity | 3 | 0 |