Spirograph Jr.

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In 1827, Greek-born English architect and engineer Peter Hubert Desvignes developed and advertised a "Speiragraph", a device to create elaborate spiral drawings. When working in Vienna between 1845 and 1848, Desvignes constructed a version of the machine that would help prevent banknote forgeries, as any of the nearly endless variations of roulette patterns that it could produce were extremely difficult to reverse engineer. The mathematician Bruno Abakanowicz invented a new Spirograph device between 1881 and 1900, which was used for calculating an area delimited by curves. Spirograph was one of those toys that as a kid you either loved or were scared of. The clever contraption has been inspiring artists for more than two centuries, with the first Spirograph set appearing in the early 19th century. The word “Spirograph” comes from the Greek words “Spiros” and “grapho”, meaning “propeller” and “to write” respectively. Items that are not available in store will take 3-5 working days (excluding weekends and bank holidays) to be delivered to your nominated store. The kit features a high quality, durable carrying case with snap-in storage and a built-in drawing surface. The precision engineered Spirograph gears work with the three design pens included in the set as well as with most standard pens, felt tips and pencils. To create designs, wheels are placed either within or along the outside of the plate or ring. Plates and rings have teeth on the outside and inside edge. Consequently, wheels can be used on either side. Plates and rings are held in place using Spiro-putty, magnets, or pins.

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The Spirograph has been around since the mid 60s, putting it firmly in the class of being a 'retro' toy, but it's never really gone out of fashion. The clever cog and ring design can help even the most art-shy user create stunning patterns just by having a steady hand. Patterns can be made using both hands, though it may take some practice. If you really want to be creative, try drawing a single picture with the help of another person. You can get several wheels going around the same plate to make something truly unique. Spirograph set size and portability

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The two extreme cases k = 0 {\displaystyle k=0} and k = 1 {\displaystyle k=1} result in degenerate trajectories of the Spirograph. In the first extreme case, when k = 0 {\displaystyle k=0} , we have a simple circle of radius R {\displaystyle R} , corresponding to the case where C i {\displaystyle C_{i}} has been shrunk into a point. (Division by k = 0 {\displaystyle k=0} in the formula is not a problem, since both sin {\displaystyle \sin } and cos {\displaystyle \cos } are bounded functions.) Shaped wheels: Shaped wheels come in a wide variety of shapes, including bar, quad, triangle, and oval. Like the round wheels, shaped versions also have multiple holes to vary the design.

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Depending on the relative circle sizes and the pen-hole distance, you’ll get various different types of shape – some closer to the pointy hypocycloid, and some closer to a circle; when the hole is near to, but not on the edge, the pointy ends become thin loops; when the hole is close to, but not at the centre, it’s like drawing a circle but slightly missing where you started, so you get something fairly smooth but that wiggles in and out from the centre gently. Spirograph drawings from the outside hole to the middle hole, on the same size cogIn your final illustration, I believe your 52- and 60-tooth patterns are swapped if the outer gear is the same throughout. Reply The 21st century saw the invention of digital Spirograph apps. These were the same as the classic Spirograph, but they were able to be replicated digitally. There are many different Spirograph apps available, and they’re also a lot less messy than the original Spirograph. The apps use a series of rotating discs to create spiralling patterns. So, while the digital Spirograph apps don’t look like the classic Spirograph, they are the same thing. Now, we move on to the 20th century and the first hand-cranked Spirographs. The earliest versions of a Spirograph design were created in the late 19th century. However, it wasn’t until the early 20th century that the Spirograph design saw mainstream success.

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Drawing toys based on gears have been around since at least 1908, when The Marvelous Wondergraph was advertised in the Sears catalog . An article describing how to make a Wondergraph drawing machine appeared in the Boys Mechanic publication in 1913. The definitive Spirograph toy was developed by the British engineer Denys Fisher between 1962 and 1964 by creating drawing machines with Meccano pieces. Fisher exhibited his spirograph at the 1965 Nuremberg International Toy Fair. It was subsequently produced by his company. US distribution rights were acquired by Kenner, Inc., which introduced it to the United States market in 1966 and promoted it as a creative children's toy. Kenner later introduced Spirotot, Magnetic Spirograph, Spiroman, and various refill sets. [7] Spirographs can produce a multitude of different interesting and intricate patterns, but did you know that these patterns have a special name? The geometric drawings that a Spirograph makes are mathematical curves known as epitrochoids and hypotrochoids.x = x c + x ′ = ( R − r ) cos ⁡ t + ρ cos ⁡ R − r r t , y = y c + y ′ = ( R − r ) sin ⁡ t − ρ sin ⁡ R − r r t {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}x&=x_{c}+x'=(R-r)\cos t+\rho \cos {\frac {R-r}{r}}t,\\y&=y_{c}+y'=(R-r)\sin t-\rho \sin {\frac {R-r}{r}}t\\\end{aligned}}}