Following a fair criticism in comments, I have taken on board the suggestion that I should at least have given away some of the clues I used to discover Bessler’s design for his wheel. I have posted several clues over a number of years but for those who missed them, here are some of the ones previously identified plus some I didn’t mention. These are not necessarily in order.
The first one I wrote about suggested that the note which was found along with the MT drawings did not only refer to the MT but also to any other drawings. The most instructive drawings have proved to be those found in DT. They contain everything you need to know about how to reconstruct Bessler’s wheel - yes, everything. The point about MT is that it was planned to be a teaching aid, and he added the comment about other drawings when he was arrested. There was no intention to leave a series of clues in his original design of the drawings, but he added the Toys page to replace some that led to the ultimate design. They are numbered, but not all by Bessler, so apart from the first 55, there are no comments adjacent to the drawings.
The second one pointed out the existence of the pentagram in not just one of the DT drawings but all of them.
The third one pointed to the existence of a clock within GB and one of the DT drawings.
The fourth one pointed out that the numbers in the above two drawings added up to 660 which when divided by the number of hours in the clock totalled 55.
The fifth one pointed out that the numbers in the two conjoined drawings used the numbers 1 to 10, which also adds up to 55.
The sixth one discussed the inclusion of the extra E for Ernst, added to Bessler’s forenames. E, the fifth letter of the alphabet, with the atbash cipher applied produced R. You can see in his logo at the top of this page that he uses two Rs in opposite directions to each other, to support the O of Orffyreus. The O is sometimes shown as a circumpunct, which represents his wheel. The reason for its inclusion is because the letter R mimics the path of his weights. The two opposing Rs also supports my conclusion that the two way wheels were driven by mirror image mechanisms.
The seventh one discusses the addition of the letter J for Johann in his forenames. When atbashed this produces W. W is actually double V, which Bessler includes for its use as the Roman numeral for 5 giving 55 again.
The eighth one refers to the large number of NBs and NBs in AP. These are designed to point to the shape of the rope which appears in several drawings. It indicates the path of the connecting rope between two mechanisms. The italic NB is added to make you question why? Because italic ones don’t have parallel uprights, just as the actual ropes doesn’t.
The ninth one is extra to the fifth one. The two conjoined drawings add up to a total of 90, by adding and duplicating numbers in the right hand drawing. The left side includes a pentagram; 90 divided by 5 gives 18, the base number of every angle possible in the pentagram. 18, 36, 54, 72, 90 and 108.
The tenth one does of course refer to the drawing in AP which I have demonstrated in the orffyreus codes pages, contains a pentagram and nothing more
These ten items barely scratch the surface of Bessler’s ingenuity in providing clues in front of our eyes. I haven’t even had to look them up I am so familiar with them all. I can spout them all in quick fire delivery because they are so clear to me. I could give you another ten tomorrow and another ten the day after.
Why 55? 5 mechanisms, five for each direction,
And on another matter:
My granddaughter Amy is in a rehab clinic trying to recover from a series of diseases which suddenly afflicted her about eighteen months ago. They are CRPS, FND and EDS. Sorry for the alphabet abreviations but you can google them if you are curious.
Please share the following link and/or donate if you wish to aid my granddaughter's treatment.
JC
