Posted by ovyyus (203.26.14.3) on May 22, 2003 at 17:25:13:
In Reply to: Re: Maybe.../Darren posted by D. on May 22, 2003 at 17:00:35:
Hi D. or David or Rick T. or whatever you are,
Your question: "...What about Karls testimony that it was a simple arrangement of weights and levers ie. pendula?..."
Answer: Karl never made that 'testimonial'. But if Karl never said that, then who did? Looks like you got some homework.
ovyyus
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: : 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.
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: 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