I’ve have added one or two videos to this blog because I think they are informative and interesting .... and one of them is mine!
The latest one is by wubbly on Besslerwheel forum. It shows the comparative sizes between Johann Bessler’s four recognised wheels, or perpetual motion machines.
https://youtu.be/l1PEs1Jcg1s
Other examples of hypothetical perpetual motion machines have also been simulated by wubbly here.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClhx8haHQn-9zgoZKzYss0A
I am also a fan of Valeriy Ivanov’s work, the man behind the Visual Education Projects who produces videos of apparently working versions of many hypothetical perpetual motion machines. Each are beautifully demonstrated with perfect models, but which are discretely driven by hidden motors. You can see his work here.
https://youtu.be/rnKjv9hnepE
My own videos include this one which I made many years ago which goes some way to pointing out the coded material and giving a brief account of the legend of Bessler’s wheel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BWVKtpuzn0
A few years ago, I was invited to be interviewed in Rome for RAI TV for a documentary about Johann Bessler, but although I was interviewed at length, most of my contribution was cut and my remaining words dubbed in Italian. The main object of the film was to introduce various ‘experts’ who dismissed my point of view and suggested that Bessler was a fraud, not too surprising given the long established view of majority. Here’s a link to the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCRxk4YPaI
There are many other videos which I could link to, but these are some that I like. I have not linked to any simulations here, partly because there are so many, but also because none of them prove anything, other than a particular design concept doesn’t work. Simulations are popular, and I’m told they can save much time in constructing mechanisms and testing them, but for me they remove the intense personal hands-on experience and intuitive understanding which can only be gained by building everything with your hands.
If anyone can point to an interesting video of Bessler’s wheel maybe showing interesting mechanisms, I might be inclined to add it to this blog.
I have been working on deciphering and interpreting Bessler’s codes and hints for several years, but no working wheel yet. During this journey I have frequently put together a mechanism I ‘got’ from Bessler and it failed but just by moving it by hand and making alterations I learned stuff which would never have occurred to me if I just relied on sims, with the result that I have the whole design concept in construction right now. I use pencil and paper to work out an arrangement and then I build it. Having a build right in front of you gives you the opportunity to make alterations, both minor or major and leads towards deeper understanding.
As for my own reconstruction, I’m ploughing on with it, slowly but surely and I’m still aiming for completion in September, only four weeks.
JC
