The Bessler-Collins Theory of Gravity-Enabled Continuous Rotation.

 

I mentioned previously that we should concentrate on the WA (work-around) proposal and deal with the result of that before we try to design a method of incorporating it in a working wheel. The reason being, that even though I’m confident that the concept is right, I’m not a hundred per cent confident on how to incorporate it in a working wheel.

Returning to my previous post, the point I’ve tried to explain, so far unsuccessfully is this.   In the image below, repeated from my previous blog, the two blue levers show the start and end positions as if they were scissor mechanisms with a weight on the end if each.  

Sorry I omitted the weights, but compare the blue levers with the red ones and it is obvious thar the blue ones with a weight  on the end, finish in a more favourable position, with

 each weight further back from their starting position causing the wheel to turn forward a lot more than with the red ones.

In the image below, also copied from my previous post, the pink scissor mechanisms expand to put the weight near the outer edge of the wheel and the following radius with its own scissor mechanism ready to fall.  The falling mechanism will naturally expand under the influence of gravity.  The cost is continuous and  the same as if it fell straight down.  But in this case the weight moves sideways and downwards.  So at no cost in gravitational energy, the design has increased the amount of torque available for lifting the fallen weight.

I wrote “no cost”, but there is a small and acceptable cost; the falling weight falls more slowly, as Fischer von Erlach stated that 'the sound of about eight weights may be heard landing gently on the side toward which the wheel turned'. So the scissor mechanism does slow the fall down a little, but achieves the desired end result, more torque.

So when people ask, “where does the extra energy to lift the fallen weight come from?” The answer is there, thanks to the scissor mechanism falling further back against the wheel’s forward rotation and of course the fallen weight’s  roll back from its landing position, towards its next fall.

Remember each mechanism is linked to another one, so as one weight falls, another weight is lifted, moving the centre of gravity backwards, over and over again.

This repeated falling and lifting results in an incredibly smooth rotation, as noted several times in the witnesses recordings of the tests. Because a weight falls, generating rotation, at the same time lifting another weight which removes any braking or balancing effect, the wheel is continuously out of balance and hunting for equilibrium.  

The initiator of rotation seems to be the falling of the first weight, that is arguably not necessarily true.  If the weight has not fallen yet, then the previous one must have fallen, therefore the wheel is still out off balance, hence the need to apply a brake to stop its continuous turning.

In my next post I’m going to show you how I found the design is all the mechanisms within Bessler’s images.

JC

Re-Inventing Bessler’s wheel Part Two

 I’m going to try to provide a better explanation for my design.  This will be in two parts because there are two aspects to this explanation.

To answer questions from my previous blog, the scissors mechanisms are mild steel, but the curved  guide arms are/were aluminium.  The weights are mild steel and there are two per lever, each pair weighs 80 gram grams about 2.8 ounces.  Not much but it seems to be enough on 36 inch diameter wheel.

To begin with I’ll concentrate on the so-call “work-around”, (WA) without which my wheel design won’t work.

Some of the text which follows contains assumptions about Bessler’s thinking.  The ideas described are how I imagine Bessler’s thoughts proceeded.

The main focus of action occurs around the six o’clock radius, when a mechanism approaches it from the right.  I use the word “approach”, because as we know, the wheel is permanently out of balance.  The weighted lever in the approaching mechanism is almost vertical but leans back to the right, or to the rear, by 18 degrees.  This encourages it to fall back a full 90 degrees immediately it’s pivot reaches the six o’clock radius.

At this point I believe it’s worth reminding everyone that every angle inside a pentagram is a multiple of 18 degrees, so the angles include - 18, 36, 54, 72, 90 and 108.  But there is one 30 degree added which doesn’t normally appear in the pentagon.

So the weighted lever falls to 108 degrees from the vertical radius, 18 + 90 degrees = 108. This provided a very small mechanical advantage (MA).  It wasn’t enough to do more than rotate the wheel a few degrees.  

It occurred to Bessler that making the weighted lever fall back to a point closer to the following radius and its weighted lever, would generate a considerably larger MA.  If he could design a system that achieved the extra MA, then the wheel would rotate further than the few degrees from before.  Incorporating this feature to generate the extra forward rotation would cause the previously fallen weight to counter-rotate, making its weighted lever ride further backwards towards its pre-fall position.  From this position the weighted lever would require less lifting effort to return it to its original pre-fall position.

Bessler noted that in the action of a  falling lever there were very few comments about the potential energy generated by a falling weight.  He thought that the loud noise made as it landed disguised the possibility that he might be able to tap the small extra source of energy before it landed, which it usually spent creating noise and miniscule heat.

He designed a scissor mechanism which would control the descent of the weighted lever, sending it in an elongated arch straight towards the following radius which had its own weighted lever ready to fall.  

The scissor mechanism could expand or contract and was operated by a weighted lever.  Bessler warned us to put the horse before the cart, so the weight used it’s falling mass to begin operating the scissor mechanism, reacting to its lever’s position and driving the mechanism.

The path of each mechanism was controlled by one long lever which was fixed to a pivot close to the wheel’s centre of rotation. The other end was connected to the mechanism but was lengthened to pass through it almost to the edge of the wheel.

Bessler used the scissor mechanism because he had observed that it was the most suitable method given it worked best when moving horizontally.  A slight slope would send it extending, whereas a slope in the opposite direction would send it contracting.  

The long control lever extended through the scissor mechanism to provide an anchor at its outer end to tie the end of a cord.  The outer end of the long lever was thrust backwards quite strongly by the fall of its weighted lever, providing a good pull on the attached cord. The cord passed over two pulleys.  One pulley was positioned close to the edge of the wheel and  directed the cord up and around a second pulley close the axle.  This redirected it down to the weight on the weighted lever in the previous mechanism.  

NB.  This last sentence is not necessarily correct.  The images I’ve interpreted suggest it might not connect with the previous fallen mechanism because it would be counter-rotating anyway.  Alternate suggestion requires the lifting of a weight around two or three o’clock, i.e, just past TDC.

Continuing…

As the first mechanism at six o’clock fell, it’s cord pulled the weighted lever in the previous mechanism back up just 30 degrees, into a neutral position aligned with the inner circle upon which all the lever pivots are stationed.  This small lift is designed to be work as quickly as possible.

This fast lift is necessary because once the the weighted lever moves past its own radius, it begins to travel uphill, causing a braking action on the turning of the wheel.  It can be likened to the action of a pendulum which falls until it reached bottom dead centre, and then begins to climb, unless the pendulum is shortened somewhat, when it speeds up.

The potential energy formed during the weights fall is used by the scissor mechanisms to drive them sideway towards the rear and the oncoming mechanism.

In the above image the pairs of red lines show the start and stop positions of a single weighted lever, according to Bessler’s original design.  The blue lines on either side of the sic o’clock radius, show the theoretical start and stop positions of each weighted lever when fitted with the scissor mechanism attaching it to the pivot point.

Comparing the two stop positions it’s clear that the blue lever has the better potential for lifting the fallen weight.

In the picture below I’ve removed the metal strips I added to reduce the lateral sway evident in my own model as they are not necessary in a well-built model! 

Hope this helps. More details in next post.

JC

Re-inventing The Wheel - Bessler’s Wheel!

The Bessler-Collins Solution to the Gravity-Wheel.

The concept that Johann Bessler discovered over 300 years ago and which took me most of my life to dream of, is simple.  We only have one action available to us to try to understand the concept and then try and make it into a reality. A weighted lever falls through a 90 degree arc.  It has two features to the fall that can be used to our advantage.  One of them is deciding where to try and make it land at a desirable point, to generate some torque.  The second one is to find a way to make use of the potential energy generated during the fall.

The answer has to be found here if we accept that Bessler discovered it.  There isn’t any other source of energy available.

NB In what follows I will attribute certain pieces of information to Bessler, but lack of space means I won’t be filling the page with explanations of where I found them or how I know what he meant.  I have spent a lifetime studying Bessler’s clues and it will take a large book to reveal each and every clue and how I deciphered each.  I’ve published some of the clues and their meaning, but they were easier ones to find and explain. But as well, there are still many clues identified but still not all solved.

As far as we know; this particular configuration has never been found before, or demonstrated  - until Bessler  found it.

First Bessler decided where he wanted the weight to land.  Ideally he wanted to generate as much torque as possible.  Initially he designed the weighted levers to fall in a 90 degree arc, but this produced hardly any torque and he knew that once the wheel rotated a little, the torque would be neutralised. The weight had hardly moved more than a few degrees backwards from under the axle.

Bessler used the potential energy generated by the weighted lever, during its fall, to shift the weighted lever’s landing point towards the following mechanism.  He used a scissor mechanism to achieve this.  These operate sideways best and can operate in reverse when conditions allow.  With five mechanisms employed, the gap between the mechanisms amounted to 72 degrees and moving into that gap would greatly increase the torque with additional benefits.  In reality the full 72 degrees was not available but at least half of it was and that amounted to significant increase on the original amount gained by the right angled fall.

The mechanism preceding this falling one, would counter-rotate about 30 degrees as the wheel rotated forwards reducing the amount of lift needed to return it to its prelaunch position.

Bessler mentions that at one point the weight shot upwards.  This is a very important point and is key to success. I explained it in my www.besslerswheel.com website at Swing Mechanics, click on the principle button (posted in 2010!).  Remember Bessler’s words “The weights gain force from their own swinging”.

Making the fallen weight rise up quickly is actioned by attaching a length of cord to the weight on the fallen mechanism and attaching the other end to the red dot on the falling mechanism.

Solving the Problem

After more than ten years research, Bessler finally found a potential solution which could be stated quite simply.  It was this concept which I dreamed of a couple of years ago.  Some of the potential energy gained during the fall of a weight, (before the weight lands) needs to be used to reduce the amount of lift required to return the weight to its pre-fall position. Bessler studied all possibilities and he found the answer - the special configuration of weights needed.

He divided the action of the falling weight into two parts.  The first part involved choosing where the falling weight landed, i.e., which part of the edge or rim of the wheel was best. The second part of the action used some of the potential energy accumulating during the weight’s fall, to move the falling weight sideways to land it at his chosen landing spot.

He used a unique scissor mechanism to guide the falling weight into a gentle arc towards the outer end of the following radius and its pivot.  If the weight had fallen through a standard right angle arc of 90 degrees, without the extending action of the scissor mechanism, it would give little torque and none available once the wheel was rotating.

Bessler’s wheel needed five mechanisms each consisting of  a lever plus one weight.  All the five weights were of equal size and mass. Having five mechanisms meant each one was 72 degrees from the next one.

So, depending on where the scissor mechanism landed its weight, could, for instance, make the wheel rotate up to 30 degrees forward. This is because when the weight lands about 70 degrees further back from the pivot point at the end of the six o’clock radius, it causes the wheel to rotate forwards about half that distance, or around 30 degrees. 

At the same time the previously fallen weighted lever mechanism begins to move backwards relative to the forward rotation of the wheel.  It moves backward about 30 degrees, which is more than it would have done if the weight had moved through its normal 90 degree fall, without the extension.  This reduces the amount of lift in the fallen (wl) needed to maintain rotation.

Because gravity is only responsible for the vertical distance the scissor mechanisms which forced the weight to move sideways as it fell, it did not use more energy than if it had fallen straight downwards, but it borrowed a little from the potential energy being generated by the falling weight. That potential energy produced during the fall, is largely wasted in making noise when it lands, but moving the weight sideways caused it to land much further back along the wheel’s rim, thus providing a larger mechanical advantage (MA), or torque; more than if it had fallen through the normal unextended 90 degree arc.

When the extended scissor mechanism lands on the edge of the wheel, it lands gently because it has been diverted from its vertical path by the potential energy accumulating in the vertical fall.  NB, Fischer von Erlach commented on this by saying that the weight could be heard landing gently on the side towards which the wheel turned.

Bessler showed us that although the weight fell through 90 degrees, a previously fallen weight only needed to be lifted 30 degrees to reduce any braking effect it would have suffered without the lift.  This also provided an additional increase in torque leading to the rapid acceleration of the wheel, as noted by many reliable witnesses. These two actions happened simultaneously.

The five mechanisms worked in pairs and were arranged quite close to each other so the witnesses were able to remark positively on the extremely smooth rotation of the wheel. 

The fact that every time a single weight fell, a previously fallen weight was launched upwards,  in effect nudged the centre of gravity backwards continuously.  The wheel itself was recorded as needing its brake set to stop it rotating, and it would immediately beginning rotating as soon as the brake was released.  This tells us that the wheel was permanently out-of-balance.

Using a metronome set to the Merseburg wheel spin speed of 50 rpm, with five weights falling at every turn of the wheel, means the sound of weights landing 250 times per minute, or about four times every second! 

The Kassel wheel had nine mechanism so each one was separated from its neighbour by just 40 degrees.  Its spin speed unloaded was 26 RPM. Each weight landed 234 times per minute. Just under 4 times per second!  No wonder Fischer Von Erlach could only describe the “sound of about 8 weights landing gently on the side of the wheel”. 

The Solution

Using the scissor mechanisms to push the falling weighted levers sideways comes naturally to this device, it’s the way it moves most easily. Bessler commented in his Apologia Poetica,

 “A crab crawls from side to side. It is sound, for it is designed thus.” 

Not only does it move easily opening in one direction but is easily reversed and closing when the wheel is reversed.

All my versions of Bessler’s wheel are designed to turn clock-wise.

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The information box is smaller than I planned so here a bigger version.

The first red line shows the weighted levers.

The pink lines show the scissor mechanisms.

The green lines show the scissor guide arms.

The blue lines show the short extension to the green scissor guide arms. Each has a cord attached which provides a link to the weighted levers.  When a weighted lever falls, the end of the arm follows edge of the wheel, pulling the cord, thus lifting a previous fallen weighted lever.

The red dot on the end of the green scissor guide arm shows where the cord is attached.

The grey and black lines show the aluminium retaining bar, controlling the lateral sway I see when the scissor mechanisms fall.

Unfortunately my own model has not been finished yet.  I had hoped to finish it in time for my birthday but other calls on my time prevented this happening. I need to add the connecting cords and I’ll post a new picture when I’ve finished. At least this post shows where I’ve go to and hopefully explains my latest concept.

There are a few facts about Bessler’s wheel which I have been able establish with absolute certainty. I will explain more later, but for now;

1.  There are at least 5 mechanisms required.  

2.  An odd number of mechanisms are required, 5, 7 or 9.

3.  5 mechanisms produce the fastest RPM, more mechanisms produce slower RPM. This is because more mechanisms take up more room, leaving less space for their actions.

4. It is necessary for the starting point of the weight’s fall to be higher than its landing point.  This may seem obvious but it cannot be achieved with some current designs being made suggested, for instance 4 mechanisms cannot accomplish it.

JC

A Short Preview About My Planned Reveal of Bessler’s Wheel.

I’ve taken some photos of my wheel, and I’m colouring the parts to make the descriptions more readily understood.  This is being done on the assumption that either it isn’t finished by February 5th, this year, or it doesn’t work.  There could be two or three reasons why it doesn’t work.  Firstly,  maybe I’ve made a mistake in some calculations causing it to lock up; or secondly it doesn’t work because my whole concept is totally wrong.  Obviously I don’t seriously believe that, but I have to admit it is a possibility, however convinced I am that I’m right. 

The most likely reason why it might not work is simply the difficulty of building it the way I have.  Many excellent models I have seen over the years have gained my admiration, not so much for the attempted solution to Bessler’s wheel, but for the craftsmanship exhibited in the way they have been constructed.  If I had built in  three dimensions the whole structure would have been much more robust and rigid and not, like mine, prone to lateral sway and/or locking up, amongst other faults.  My wheel consists of a single three foot diameter of MDF, (Medium Density Fibreboard). Every anchor and pivot is a bolt fixed through the MDF. Each weighted lever rotates about a single bolt fixed through the MDF.  The levers should be double to rule out lateral sway;  the pivots should be supported at top and bottom, not just the bottom.  I got into the habit of thinking; check the design first by building something cheap and cheerful, and if it works then build something of better quality. Anyway, time will tell if it works and then others can test the design.

So it seems to me that I should explain the concept first, explaining  what is usually referred to as the work-around.  By this I mean overcoming the age old problem of producing a device which is made to rotate and do work.  This is to be achieved by designing a unique configuration using the fall of a limited number of identical weights, attached inside a wheel, which cause it to rotate continuously.  The work-around requires that the device is able lift the fallen weights back up to their pre-fall position, with no external input or assistance and no subterfuge.

There are many people who have studied this problem and built endless models, who believe there is a special configuration still to be found which will prove to be the answer, and also confirm Bessler’s claims to have found the solution and proved it over 300 years ago.  I believe I’ve found it, thanks to Bessler’s clues, but if it fails please don’t dismiss the “work-around” it’s correct even if the build doesn’t  work.

JC

UPDATE and Progress Report.

I’ve finished writing the text of the full explanation of how I believe Johann Bessler’s gravity-enabled wheel worked.  I’ve read and reread it umpteen times and I don’t think I can improve it much more.  But it definitely needs drawings and/or photos added, to make it fully understandable, which is what I’m working on at the moment.

I only got into my workshop a few days ago after being away over Christmas with my family, visiting my granddaughter, Amy.  She is a disabled TikTok influencer with over 4 million followers.  She has always supported me, in my efforts to solve Bessler’s wheel and in fact she only recently lost her beloved Hungarian Vizsla whom she named Bessler!  He was ten years old but had health problems. 

So, I’ve got a bit longer before I have to share what I’ve got, (yes I know - whether it’s finished or not and whether it works or not).  I will share my solution, as promised and include several photos of the wheel.

Anyway back to the task in hand.  I’m adding some short pieces of aluminium screwed into the backplate but bent over to catch and guide any weighted levers which are still subject to lateral sway - and occasionally miss the stop, ending locked up and immovable.  Same problem at the other end of some of the levers, which sometimes lock up in their contracted position, in their case a suitably placed bolt stops their over contracting.

I mention these minor but annoying matters because these additional features will probably be visible in the photos and add confusion to what might appear to be an already complex mechanism.  It’s not that complex and the once you see it in action, you will understand how it works.

So I’m confident about the design but not so much with the build, but I’ll do my best to finish it so you can all get to understand it, and make simulation or actual models.  Imagine being the first since Bessler to make a successful gravity-enabled continuously rotating wheel, capable of doing work.

Thanks,

JC

How Bessler’s Clues Hold the Wheel’s Design,

I’ve always been surprised that, given the huge number of clues I have found, deciphered and published, apparently nobody has ever taken my information about Bessler’s codes any further.  Of course I realise that without a drawing showing the exact configuration of the internal mechanisms, no one could know exactly how it worked and therefore no drawings have appeared.  

One of the things I revealed was the pentagram hidden in the first drawing in Das Triumphirende. (DT).   I thought that the obvious way forward with that knowledge would be to assume that at least one segment of the pentagram could hold vital information. It does but you have to work at it.  

There are other factors which have to be appreciated and worked out but the information is all there.  There is also vital information in the other three images in (DT).  The image in Apologia Poetica also contained information but was limited to having a pentagram secreted within it.  There are numerous other pieces of information buried within all three of his books, but I don’t include Maschinen Tracte (MT) because it was never published and any encoded stuff was included for discussion purposes among his future students.

Examine the picture below.  It demonstrates what I mean by ‘hidden in plain sight’, a favourite’ technique used by Bessler in many places.  This one appeared in Johann Bessler’s Das Triumpant Orffyrean Perpetual Motion book. It was a second version of the original design which was included in his first booklet, Grundlicher Bericht. There are a few differences between the two versions but mostly I use the second drawing to illustrate my finds.

In the picture note the six columns or pillars, not including the main one supporting the wheel.  The tops of two of them (numbered 4) are drawn in three dimensions, numbered 4, but the other four, numbered 12, are two dimensional and their tops are indicated by my short red lines. The latter act as datum points. The two on either side of the central pillar provide pointers to enlarge the circumference of the wheel. 

The green line which is extended from the left side of the picture and aligns with the centre of the wheel, indicates one of two possible diameter lines. Two lines each drawn 18 degrees apart from the lower end of the green line conform to Euclid’s pentagram construction advice. The yellow line at 18 degrees from the green diameter line crosses the wheels edge at exactly the point where the hidden rope emerges from behind the wheel.

Confirmation is provided by the other two datum points which align with the purple 18-degree line and the hatching lines on the wheel and the capital letter M. If you draw a line similar to the purple line but aligning the left sides of the two red lines, the alignment is perfect with the hash marking in the wheel. I think that both lines finish in the same place but obviously they can’t both do that as well as align perfectly with the hash markings.

Notice that the outer circle now includes the left side of the ‘T’ pendulum, the point of the padlock, and touches the bottom and right edges of the rectangular border of the drawing.

The padlock in this version is numbered 42 instead of 24; a typo?  No, it indicates that the drawing must be turned upside down.  

While we are on that subject,  notice the shadows under the main wheel drawing are shown on the left as they should be, given that the window is above the wheel to the right, but why then are the shadows under the sideways-on wheel shown on the right as if the window was above it on the left, which it clearly isn’t. This tells that the wheel needs to be turned upside down but also from left to right or right left, to create a mirror image which would place the shadows  correctly. The division point where the two half images separate is at the foot of the left hand pillar, numbered 12.

That’s all for now.

JC

Meaningful Numbers?

I know there are some who comment here in this blog on apparently meaningful numbers, relating to Bessler and his wheel.  

Here are some other apparently meaningful numbers -  5, 2, 55

Tomorrow is my 52nd wedding anniversary. 

Next month is my birthday 5th February, another 52

Bessler added two more forenames to give JEEB, alphanumerically 10, 5, 5, 2

Using the Caesar shift as Bessler did gives WRRO, alphanumerically 23, 18, 18 , 15.

The O represents his wheel, the two Rs can be seen supporting the wheel in the picture at the top of this page, notice they point in two different directions to indicate two-way wheels. In confirmation of this the word “RATH” meaning Councillor is written backwards. There other pieces of information hidden in the picture

The W has two purposes; firstly it is composed of two Roman number 5s, a favourite game he played in his many chronograms,  double 5.  Secondly it has an extremely important role in his wheel, enough said for now!

Apologia Poetica was planned as one book, but he added part 2 to defend against his enemy’s accusations. Part one ended with chapter 55. It included a code embedded in this chapter composed of 55 verses.

The 5s relate to the number of mechanisms in his wheel.

The 18s relate to the pentagram/pentacle embedded in his wheel, all of the angles in the pentagram are multiples of the number 18.

The O with its small inner circle is the wheel and axle. “It is also known as a circumpunct, The circumpunct (☉) is an ancient, universal symbol of a dot within a circle, representing concepts like the sun (Ra in Egypt, Apollo), gold (alchemy), God/the divine (Stoicism, Gnosticism), the universe, or a vector pointing outwards. Its meanings vary widely by context, from representing the unity of the cosmos and consciousness to a simple directional sign, making it one of humanity's oldest and most significant symbols”. (Courtesy of google.)

In the picture you can see Karl’s crown overseeing everything.

The two grasses are actually Arundo donax commonly used in organ reeds.  Bessler’s brother, Gottfried helped with thecconstruction of Bessler’s wheel, being an apprenticed organ maker, hence the inclusion of a reference to organs.

D.M.M.P.M I don’t have any confirmation of this, but I guess it stands for Doctor of Mathematics, Medicine, Perpetual Motion.

The number of letters used in the picture number 5 on the left including the central O, but on the right Bessler has cheated by making the double F of Orffyre into one letter, but also conjoined the two letters Y and R of Orffyre into one letter to total 5 including O again.

So I seem to have a numerical connection to Bessler and the timing seems just about right. Of course it’s just a coincidence - isn’t it?

JC

IT’S 2026 - HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY CONTRIBUTER0

 

I wish all of us the best of luck this year, in our continued quest for the solution to Besslers Wheel.

I joined the Besslerwheel forum on November 5, 2003, and I suspect that in the New Year of 2004 I predicted that the solution Bessler’s wheel would be found in that year.  I also predicted success on this blog in every Happy New Year blog, probably since I started it.  I was always confident and yet beneath my confident manner, I didn’t actually know what the solution was or even if there really was one, but as George Michael sang it “you just gotta have faith!”

So now, when I say that I’m confident that this year, we will learn that there is a solution and I really do know what it is, I won’t disappoint!  I’ve written a complete description of how and why it is the solution, and I’m still working on finishing my Proof-of-Principle model,  which I hope to show working before my 81st Birthday, 5th February.  I am still adding some images to the description, because text is not enough.  When the wheel is finished I’ll post some pictures working or not.  This is the first time in my life, I know have the complete solution and I will share it as soon as possible.

I haven’t done much work on the PoP model, over Christmas, because of other activities.  As well as Christmas and visiting our far-flung family, all gathered up north, I’ve taken my wife to have surgery on a skin cancer on her face, to a hospital about an hour away, five times since the beginning of December.  The last appointment is next Monday and the surgeon has stated that she will have a 99% cure and full recovery.

If the solution is correct or some other person’s is better, or beats me to it, it will only be the second time in the whole of recorded history that the correct configuration has resulted in a working model.  If it’s mine, it will actually be Bessler’s wheel, and it will then be the only one ever recorded.  Yes the design is recorded in the four drawings in Das Triumphirende  (DT) but you just have to work through all the clues to eventually find it.  It’s taken me about 65 years since saw the first picture, although I didn’t start to really examine them until about 2010, 15 years ago.

Best wishes to you all,

JC

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

 I probably should say Happy Holidays, but I’m in the United Kingdom, a Christian country and my King is head of the church, and I like tradition, so I chose this greeting, but it’s for everyone anyway.

I have plans to share everything I have concerning Johann Bessler’s so-called perpetual motion machine, as soon as possible in the New year 2026.    I am busy refining the text of a document I will be posting,  while trying to put together some quality diagrams showing  the details of the machine I’m building at present.  Knowing and understanding the concept underlying Bessler’s machine, is one thing; putting it together to complete a working model is something else entirely.

All five mechanisms, each with a single weight. are fitted, but I’m adding some refinements not necessary in a professional model.  I’ve had problems with the levers locking up due to over extending and also they are still suffering from lateral looseness.  I hope these additional fixtures will solve the problems.  Once they are working as designed I will add the cords and screw-hooks (instead of pulleys) and release the pent up energy!

JC