Dave Roberts long time contact, collaborator, and friend Passed this on to me.
Heck man we can buy an already built machine for less than $20.00 as the bid looked when I took a look at it. There is that much and more of usable material in it.
If any you feel up to bidding on it, but do not have the room ship it here! I will assist in helping share the price plus the freight. We might learn something from it!
Ralph
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Ralph
I think it is just for the photo.
Orig 1926 Circus Perpetual Motion Invention Chair Photo
It does show overbalance in a way but it is not moving like so many.
Alan
Unbalanced
Moderator
What an interesting contraption. It appears to use 4' long tubes of mercury that are lifted close to the axle in the vertical position and then align with their cross arm at the top for the trip down. Looks pretty balanced to me.
I ran an in depth patent application search for Wolfe, Charles, J 1920-1926 and came up empty handed.
Lots of aspects of this devise are intriguing, like that single half sprocket (center right) and what appear to be right-angle latch-release actuators on each arm. I wonder about that octagonal shaft coming up through the floor in the center. Power source?
The inventor has a nice suit but his shop is a rat-hole with leaking roof and plaster falling off the wall.
What amazes me most is the lengths that people have gone to in the past to achieve continuous over-balance and this was his eighth machine.
Seems like it would have been easier to go back to that fair and hand everyone on the ferris wheel a tube of mercury and yell instructions at them.
Allan,
Yes you are correct, it is just a photo they are auctioning.
Sorry, but I am so oblivious due to being pushed on so much at one time I never read the complete item description.
No I do not think we need to invest in a picture of a PM gravity wheel, I beleive we already have enough of them!
Ralph
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The only reason for purchasing it would be so it could be blown up, but I have to agree with you Ralph. LOL But then again it is still a bit of history for this quest.
Alan
Not sure there is a connection here,but I found it an interesting read regarding patenting and patent expiration.
Ralph
Bill_Mothershead
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Darn. I missed it. I just now singed up and logged on for the very first time.
As best I can read from the above, the topic being discussed is a picture.
But there is no picture here or on EBay (auction is over/closed = not viewable).
It would be very helpful is somebody could post a link to where I could see too.
Thanks.
Bill_Mothershead
Hello Bill and welcome aboard our fledgling forum. Make yourself at home and if you have any problems finding your way around just holler.
My son Duane who is in the Toronto Canada area is our forum administrator. I have been working him hard, but we are gaining.
As where you are also a programmer please feel free to offer input and suggestions. Start your your own thread on whatever part of Bessler wheels or any gravity related topic and help get us up and running.
I will see if I can retrieve the photo of the "Perpetual Motion Chair for you.
Ralph
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Bill_Mothershead
I can send you a copy if you give me your e-mail.
Alan
Unbalanced
Moderator
Hi Bill Welcome aboard, The photo you seek can be found by scrolling down on the above link or here;
http://cgi.ebay.com/Orig-1926-Circus-Perpetual-Motion-Invention-Chair-Photo_W0QQitemZ390144590307QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item5ad66e01e3#ht_5175wt_1222
Bidding is closed and although the picture pops up it does not stay there long enough to capture it. I will check my files and see if I downloaded it.
Edit: nope! I checked, if did download it then its gone when my system butted heads with an MSN NET Trojan.
Ralph
Unbalanced
Moderator
That's funny my Mac doesn't do that. I was able to save a fairly hi-rez copy which I have just emailed you as a .jpg. Save it and open it with a viewer that will allow you to blow it up. I'm still wondering about that half sprocket and those two shafts that run through the floor.
Well I tried writing the script to post it as a web link to my documents but I guess I still have not learned how!
Here is a copy and paste version:
http://www.arrache.org/forum/topic/perpetual-motion-chair#post-115
Damn! now it comes through as a hot link!
Ralph
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