WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Peaucellier's and Hart's Inversor

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inversor
Peaucellier's
Hart's
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The Demonstration provides two linkages to convert circular motion to linear motion.
Peaucellier's mechanism was discovered in 1864. It has seven rods and converts circular motion of the point
c
to linear motion of the point
d
.
Hart's linkage was discovered in 1875. It is a five-link mechanism that converts circular motion of
y
to linear motion of
y'
.