If you check some of my early posts about Bessler, I clearly stated I did not believe he did it.
What changed my mind was reading what he said and the witness' accounts. This is how I came upon the pendulum effect. If it proves to be valid, then it would be what Bessler used so many years ago.
While I am not a Bessler supporter, I can support excellence in engineering. So I guess, if the idea proves to be valid, then I would be supporting his efforts and reputation.
Am I a bad person for considering I might be wrong ?
Fletcher wrote:Steve .. we all know that once a solution is found then the mathematicians will pour over it & quick smart have a mathematical proof, because it is of the physical world & therefore should be able to be explained in Physics & Math - the trick is understanding why & how it could work - I'm certain it will be explained in relatively easy math & terms we can all follow but not where mathematicians have looked.
A far as Bessler is concerned, I'm not at all certain that the quote means he could put up a convincing abstract mathematical argument to convince the professional mathematicians, though he could put up a working wheel - Bessler was reputed to be a 'fair' mathematician although over his life time he had a long time to work thru the math to support his working wheel but without anyone seeing his math there is no way of knowing whether it was accurate - it might have been rudimentary by professional standards.