Posted by D. (199.60.107.1) on May 22, 2003 at 17:00:35:
In Reply to: Re: Maybe... posted by Darren on May 22, 2003 at 13:01:00:
: I don't think everyone is completely dismissing the clues, on the contrary. The wheel *needs* to have a rythmic force happening inside, similar to a pendulum, for the wheel to even work... but... that pendulus force won't be created by a classic, swinging, pendulum shaped component.
How do you know?...
: "Swinging weights" is a very vague description. Don't automatically read "grandfather clock pendulum" into this.
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: : One weight moves out, one moves in
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: This statement actually *contradicts* the idea of a classic grandfather clock type mechanism because this describes two objects, one moving in and one moving out, and a pendulum is but a single object.
NOT...if its pendula-more than one.
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: : Wheel can be changed by the modification of pendula etc.
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: "Pendula" could be referring to the exterior pendula that he attached (in some drawings) to regulate the wheels. Doesn't necessarily mean they were required for it's functioning.
What about roundabout eye witness testimony, Ie. wolf stating he felt there were moveable arms on the outside?
What about Karls testimony that it was a simple arrangement of weights and levers ie. pendula? Where... does Bessler state at all that the Pendula accompanying his drawings were "speed" modificators?
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: Darren