Posted by grim (206.162.192.40) on March 19, 2003 at 14:45:56:
In Reply to: Consider this P.S. posted by David on March 19, 2003 at 11:30:54:
: I would find it all a lot more believable where Bessler's wheel to have powered a load for the 45 whatever days it was said to have run at the castle. Remember, Red^&&*^ was in a museum for quite a while, always working, until the hidden wound spring was found.
The wheel's axlemoved with the wheel in the same direction. If you can figure out how to make a spring push against an axle that is moving in the same direction, you don't need to duplicate Bessler, you've accomplished an engineering marvel in itself.