Johann Bessler information

[hansvonlieven]

Footnote to the above:

Modern words where the word "Spiel" still applies in its old meaning : Spielkarten (deck of cards), Glockenspiel (a musical instrument) Schachspiel (chessboard plus figures). In each of these terms the word Spiel applies to an OBJECT, not to what is being played with it.

Hans

[John Collins]

Thank you Hans.  May I quote you in my book?  :-)

John

[hansvonlieven]

G'day John,

Certainly you may quote me. After all I've put it out there haven't I? 

Hans

[eavogels]

Thank you Hans.  May I quote you in my book?  :-)

Oops, I just bought the 5 books from John. Who made those translations? If one line is already different, what about a whole book?
/Eric

[John Collins]

Eric, the translations are good.  The text in the toys page is handwritten and difficult to read. The original translation done by Mike Senior, resident in the UK, who has a degree in 18th century German literature, was almost identical to Hans' version.  I was posting my own efforts at reading the text because I thought that some words might have been incorrectly read, not incorrectly translated.

The text in Maschinen Tractate was also handwritten and open to interpretation but you will find very little difference between the MT English text in my book and that available at www.orffyre.com, as both were done by another translator in the USA, but with the most minor 'corrections' by me.

The other books Grundlicher Bericht, Das Tri and Apologia Poetica are printed text and although Apologia Poetica has suffered from ink migration over the centuries since it was published, it is a possible to read 99.9% correctly and intuitively work out the remainder correctly.

Translations used in my book," Perpetual Motion;An Ancient Mystery Solved?" were taken from professional translations published some time ago but regarded as accurate.

Hope this helps.

John