eight weights hitting

[Jonathan]

Hey all, I just noticed something from looking at the four pictures of the complete wheel setup at http://www.orffyre.com/drawings.html I noticed that the comments by eyewitnesses of hearing eight weights hitting is exactly like the hitting of the shown stamps. For each revolution, each stamp was lifted twice, and there were four stamps, so that makes eight per revolution. And if you closely analyse the pictures, you see that the stamps are always installed on the descending side of the wheel.
The one problem with this is that the third picture doesn't show any stamps, though they could be hidden in the first figure. I don't know if this means that the hitting was indeed on the inside of the wheel, or if they were just omitted in the drawing, since making the prints isn't easy and would omit them since they aren't necessary. Or were they?

[Jonathan]

Also, I was reading the quotes there and I know that this is contrary to the quote from Christian Wolff in his letter to Leibniz on Dec 19, 1715, but I don't know about it. Could it be a translation error?
I notice now that there is an inconsistency one the number of stamps, Teuber says to Leibniz on Jan 19, 1714 that there are three teeth and three stamps, but Leipzig Post Zeitungen in June 24-30, 1715 say there are four stamps and eight cams.
Maybe it is just a fluke or Bessler is just messing with us again?

[JessicaL]

I don't think the stamps were actually meant to be part of the running wheel. I believe this was an add on load to show work. As would be the screw and water.

[Jonathan]

I know, I'm asserting that maybe there was no hitting going on inside the wheel. But I've realized that the quote from Christian Wolff's letter to Johann Schumacher on July 3, 1722 makes it very clear what he thought of the wheel, such that a translation error is unlikely.