FLINT MAN SOLVES THE MYSTERY OF STONEHENGE Michigan Is Amazing August 1, 2006
http://michiganisamazing.com/index.php/2006/08/01/stonehenge_reloaded The question of how the ancients stood 26-ton stones on end to create Stonehenge more than 5,000 years ago has puzzled scientists for millennia, but a retired carpenter from Flint may have cracked the case. Wally Wallington has been single-handedly moving incredibly large objects -- we¹re talking 10-ton concrete blocks -- with very little effort for years. In 2003, using only sticks, stones, rope and gravity, he began building on his own Stonehenge in his backyard. It works like this: Wallington uses a homemade wood fulcrum to turn a giant stone block into a lever. Using counterweights, he maneuvers thin pieces of wood underneath the block until it¹s hoisted off the ground. Then he takes the counterweights off the block and allows gravity to take over. Within seconds the giant block is vertical. Wallington stood his first Stonehenge-sized block, 19,200 pounds, by himself in only two days. It¹s been hypothesized that the original Stonehenge took about 2,000 years to complete. Even though Wallington doesn¹t have a scheduled completion date for his Stonehenge, we¹re pretty sure it will take a lot less time than that. Wallington first started leveraging heavy objects during his carpentry days. ³I had to remove some 1,200-pound saw-cut concrete blocks from an existing floor,² he explains on his web site. ³The problem was that we did not have a machine that could reach some of the blocks. The only obvious answer was to break the blocks into smaller pieces with a sledgehammer and load them into a wheelbarrow. To me, this seemed to be too much labor at the time, so I improvised.² University of Michigan physics professor Michael Bretz agrees that the effort is pretty impressive. While he notes that no one can prove how Stonehenge was built, ³it seems entirely plausible that ancient blocks could have been moved via his rock pivot and rocking/rotating technique.² ........... Amazing Video Of Wally Wallington Moving Massive Concrete Slabs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
