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- Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loss of knowledge
- Replies: 19
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DrWhat - Fletcher means - lack of understanding. I personally see the notion of Intellectual Property as a crock of s... How many ideas are had by more than one person? They are all tapping into the same collective unconscious. When the human race gives up fear and greed and truly learns to share, I...
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Two weights swinging
- Replies: 2
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Two weights swinging
OK, it is mentioned often that there were two weights working together. Here is what I have been working on lately. Two weights pivoting at the ends and free to swing together. The middle length is rigid, with one or both of the end ones being rigid or flexible leaf-springs. The idea would be that t...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Springs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8758
Springs
OK, so it has been said that the wheels used springs, but what kind of springs? There are a few kinds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(device) I guess it depends upon what you see the design of the wheel as being like as to what type of spring would have been used. To this end, and thinking of ...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bessler's axle?
- Replies: 55
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re: Bessler's axle?
posted this to another tread, but thought I'd add them to this one as well.. My thoughts on the axle come from MT 135 which seems to show its construction.... That being a large dia. wheel with 6 holes bored through, offset along the length and its circumference to achieve the radial nature of the s...