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1280 objects, 394 artists

Mémoire sur l'étude optique des mouvements vibratoires by Jules Antoine Lissajous, 1857

Mémoire sur l'étude optique des mouvements vibratoires Book

Annales de chimie et de physique, 3e série, tome LI (1857), with Lissajous’s “Mémoire sur l’étude optique des mouvements vibratoires” by Jules Antoine Lissajous, 1857

Annales de chimie et de physique, 3e série, tome LI (1857), with Lissajous’s “Mémoire sur l’étude optique des mouvements vibratoires” Book

Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 6 (June 1937) by C. E. Burnett, 1937

Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 6 (June 1937) Ephemera

Television: Collected Addresses and Papers on the Future of the New Art and Its Recent Technical Developments, Volume II by C. E. Burnett, 1937

Television: Collected Addresses and Papers on the Future of the New Art and Its Recent Technical Developments, Volume II Book

Radio-Craft, Vol. 10, No. 1 (July 1938) by C. E. Burnett, 1938

Radio-Craft, Vol. 10, No. 1 (July 1938) Ephemera

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo by Hy Hirsh, 1950 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (2) by Hy Hirsh, 1950 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (2) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (3) by Hy Hirsh, 1950 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (3) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (4) by Hy Hirsh, 1950 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (4) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (5) by Hy Hirsh, 1950 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (5) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #2) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #2) Oscilloscope

Abstronic Set by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Abstronic Set Oscilloscope

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #3) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #3) Oscilloscope

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (photograph #1) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (photograph #1) Oscilloscope

Abstronic Sketch #2 by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Abstronic Sketch #2 Oscilloscope

Abstronic by Mary Ellen Bute, 1952

Abstronic Film

Abstronic title card (“Animated Electronically”) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1952

Abstronic title card (“Animated Electronically”) Print

Abstronic title card (“by Mary Ellen Bute”) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1952

Abstronic title card (“by Mary Ellen Bute”) Print

Oscillon #18 by Ben Francis Laposky, 1952

Oscillon #18 Oscilloscope

Oscillon #173 by Ben Francis Laposky, 1952

Oscillon #173 Oscilloscope

Films in Review, Vol. 5, No. 6 (June–July 1954) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1954

Films in Review, Vol. 5, No. 6 (June–July 1954) Ephemera

PF Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 10 (October 1956) by Glen E. Slutz, 1956

PF Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 10 (October 1956) Ephemera

Oscillon #596 by Ben Francis Laposky, 1957

Oscillon #596 Oscilloscope

Four-Panel Oscilloscope Photo by Mary Ellen Bute, 1958-1959 (ca)

Four-Panel Oscilloscope Photo Oscilloscope

Oszillogramme by Herbert W. Franke, 1970

Oszillogramme Print

Tanz der Elektronen by Herbert W. Franke, 1970

Tanz der Elektronen Print

Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music by Anthony Ashton, 2005

Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music Book

Mary Ellen Bute: Pioneer Animator by Mary Ellen Bute, 2020

Mary Ellen Bute: Pioneer Animator Book

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