Posted by Jeff (216.12.60.117) on May 16, 2003 at 06:15:05:
In Reply to: Re: Wheel response to weight motion... posted by John Collins on May 15, 2003 at 23:46:18:
: I couldn't let this pass without comment. I have pointed this out before, but for those who missed it, there is more than one piece of textual evidence which states that Bessler's wheel had a remarkably even and equable motion when rotating. So rotation was NOT uneven.
: JC
I agree with John. The wheel started slowly and built up speed until leveling off at 26 rpm (54 for the one-directional wheel). If the motion was not uniform, the "jerkiness" of the wheel would have been extremely apparent at the very slow start up rotation, and this was not mentioned in the eyewitness reports.
Jeff