Big try at gravity wheel

[Grimer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloid


I know E.O. need visual aids so here's one for the Cycloid. 

[Marsing]

no motion ?

[MarkE]

Marsing, if Grimer is correct in his ideas that gravity is non-conservative then exploiting that would change the world.  In that case every day that we waste without proving it and getting it out there is a day that people suffer needlessly. 

@Grimer, I am glad you are ready.  Please address my question so that people can get to work on experiment designs:  What limiting conditions are sufficient to get non-conservative behavior from a gravitational field?   If you offer that a cycloid pendulum or some device derived from a cycloid pendulum is enough, then where is the energy gain or loss due to the non-conservative field seen:  a) At the bottom of the travel as KE?  b) At the top of the travel as PE?  or c) Somewhere along the travel as combined KE and PE?

[Grimer]

I've modified it with a link. The blasted website doesn't seem to like animated gifs.


Did you know that if you watch that image of Bessler long enough he moves his eyes and sticks out his tongue. That gif seems to work. I dunno why mine didn't. And I don't know how to cancel the first of those images which is now superfluous.


More follows after I've said the Angelus, had a kip and taken the kids to school.

[Marsing]

 OK ..

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