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Tarsier, I offered my suggestions to the starter of this thread.... namely Alex Iacob. Please do not try to stifle discussion on an alternative to your ideas. That is why you start your own thread for your own ideas. That is where you can expound your concepts and where others can disagree with thos...

iacob, Examine how the the "feathered paddlewheel" or "feathering paddlewheel" works. It may give you an idea how to move the "acrobat" or weight in and out at the end of the lever. Multiply that by 8 to 12 arms instead of the counterweights. You might have a chance tha...

This time, the wheel I am describing has 3 layers, that is really 3 wheels glued to each other or on top of each other. The 3 little black dots in each picture are supposed to represent the weights and their starting positions. The solid spokes and solid rim are shown as black. Layer_1 is at 0 degre...

A picture is worth a thousand words. The wheel I describe has 4 layers, that is really 4 wheels glued to each other. The 3 little black dots in each picture are supposed to represent the weights and their positions. The solid spokes and solid rim are shown as black. I surmise that the central ring a...

Here is my idea for bi-directional wheel. Using the following lines for inspiration from the wheel description in the AP, (copied from John Collins post): Der Regen fliess’t, der Schnee der fällt; hier wandern eine große Heerde Man sieht ein Rad, und auch kein Rad, Weils Felgen und auch ...

The following is a very literal translation of the wheel description from AP which I have been working on since I bought John Collins' first book a while back. It was translated using the "Dictionary of the English and German Languages, 1901 edition, published by Thieme-Preusser in Hamburg, Ger...