On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Found this doing some googling: > > <http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php/96238-Perpetuum-Mobile-Finsrud-Machine> > > Apparently it's run as long as 14 days, so it's a very well-made bit of > machining. Mr. Finsrud certainly is an artist in metal and mechanics.
Also here for some more details: <http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Finsrud's_Perpetuum_Mobile> "NOTE: the machine is much more complicated than it appears at first sight. The upper part of the system is, among other things, absolutely decisive for the machine's function. These "blade springs" transfer (steal) a little of the ball's kinetic (motion-) energy and this energy is used to lower the track ca. 200 micrometers, just a bit ahead of the ball. The energy is transferred via the frequency of the blade springs. The entire machine "floats" and is dependent on the central pendulum, the three large pendula, the speed of the ball, the frequency of the blade springs and everything else being in harmony - or "tuned", "calibrated" in relation to each other." It is essentially a very finely made and tuned pendulum clockworks, and certainly needs external energy, IE: 'winding up' -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
