Posted by John Collins (194.164.232.108) on September 12, 2003 at 11:02:04:
I respect the views expressed by all on this forum but it seems to me that there is a subtle movement which seeks to mystify what Bessler did. To me there is not MIB and no conspiracies nor are there any powerful principles keeping the solution hidden from public consciousness by man's will. There may be a time and season and if this is not it then I could be forgiven for supposing that it will never be, but I don’t suppose that. Neither do I believe in an ancient chinese curse preventing us from solving this problem and I’m sure that who ever discovers the answer to Bessler’s wheel will be as worthy as the next man, what ever that may mean.
The truth is that there are as many mechanical variations available to us as the wit of man is able to invent them. I’ve been picking at this problem for some forty years if you count my first day-dreamings about it, and I know that every time my “solution” fails I can come up with an alterntive that seems far more likely to succeed. I don’t know how many “solutions” I have come up with but I tried to work it out the other day and it lies somewhere between 200 and 1000. Why such a large range? Because - when does a “solution” become an alternative one? Simply moving the anchor points does not really count as an alternative solution, but it can have a dramatic impact on what happens. Reversing the order that you make things happen is not really an alternative “solution” but it can make a difference.
So keep at it, we have not yet found the correct mechanical arrangment but someone will and soon I think. No mystery , just dogged determination and endless patience with a touch of experience and several subtle clues from Bessler. He did it first without knowing for sure that it could be done. We at least have the advantage that we know it can be done.
John Collins