The Bessler Wheel, mystery solved.

[Newton II]

you need to see it working in order to find that out

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Please show that...    we can see and find out.

[gurangax]

Please show that...    we can see and find out.

sure, but you will need to wait a proper time


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[gurangax]

There are many variations that can be designed when looking on 3d plane. for instance the toy yoyo have such potential.


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[gurangax]

it is the heavier weight which is sent flying


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This is Bessler's word


"A great craftsman would be that man who can 'lightly' cause a heavy weight to fly upwards! Who can make a pound-weight rise as 4 ounces fall, or 4 pounds rise as 16 ounces fall. If he can sort that out, the motion will perpetuate itself. But if he can't, then his hard work shall be all in vain."


Notice he said a heavy weight is sent flying. No matter how you look at it, every clues matches to the mechanism I found.


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[gurangax]

Hi Gurangax-

Your thread is fascinating & has caused me to look at the function of Bessler's wheel in a totally different way!  In an earlier post you stated that 1/2 of the wheel remains void of weights & that the mechanism has similarities to a peacock.  You also stated that the mechanism resets at the 6:00 position.  I can picture the weighted crossbars being lifted & shifted through the axis of the wheel from the 6:00 position to the 12:00 position.  No crossbars ever occupy the light side of the wheel.  Correct me if I'm wrong but the crossbars are lifted by levers that are impacted by weights that are timed to fall when each crossbar reaches the 6:00 position.   They impact a 2 stage lever propelling the crossbars to the 12:00 position.       
   

sorry i didnt notice your post earlier. there are many variations that can be done, all that I can say for now is that the wheel is top heavy. But you are getting somewhere. regards