Marquis
of Worcester
The weights on
the ends of the pinioned arms are thrown out as the wheel revolves,
giving a greater preponderance by their greater distance from the
center of rotation. The pre-cursor of hundreds of motors on the same
principle that do not mote.
(Subsection 916, from
p.366)
From: Gardner D. Hiscox, M.E., Mechanical Appliances and Novelties of Construction (1927), Norman W. Henley Publ. Co.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. (1987) -- Carl Sagan
