Posted by Georg Künstler (217.2.165.111) on October 09, 2003 at 01:41:57:
In Reply to: 22.5 Degree Picture posted by Patrick on October 08, 2003 at 19:51:05:
: The image of Bessler's wheel with the three sections of 22.5 degrees each, does anyone have any guesses as to what Bessler was trying to convey with this picture? I know some people have mentioned the arc of a swing of a pendulum, or the tilt of the earth's axis. It seems if this was the last diagram with the message, "Do you still not understand?" it would be indicating something important about the wheel. Any other theories out there about this? Just curious.
Hi Patrick,
the inner mechanism could also carry 16 rollers with eccentric weights,
this is the result when 360 is devided by 22.5
Best regards
Georg