Posted by Scott Ellis (63.96.186.247) on October 31, 2003 at 09:46:47:
In Reply to: Another one for John posted by Michael on October 30, 2003 at 16:39:38:
Please see the link below for more information about the
Marquis of Worcester's wheel:
http://www.besslerwheel.com/wwwboard/messages/273.html
-Scott
: : Hi John,
: I pulled this from another site;
: Marquis of Worcester first described the 'overbalancing wheel' (presumable before Orffyreus created his invention). He described a wheel with 2 rims, one inside the other. Weights attached by strings in such a manner that weights coming down shift to the outer rim while weights moving upward shift to the inside rim (where they are 'lighter').
: Now I've read one of his wheels he describes, if he was as interested in all this as everyone else maybe he discovered the secret also? I say this because he gives only some vaugue details and ends it with basically saying ...so I'll leave it to you to guess what then happens. What is a little interesting in all this is the diagram of the pie sections IF they are actually arrows pointing to the center, point to what appears to be a rim within a rim.What do you think?