Why did Johann Bessler leave so many unanswered questions? Why so many clues? What do they mean? The detail within each clue and the sheer number of them confirms for me at least, the determination in Bessler’s mind, not to let his secret out too soon, but also not to have it lost after his death - he said he would rather receive acknowledgement for his invention after his death than just give it away.
Many of the clues are designed to have two and even three methods of deciphering them, which conveniently confirms if you’ve got the right solution. To my certain knowledge there are at least eight completely different types of cipher used by Bessler and that’s the ones I’m aware of. More may appear once the secret of the wheel’s construction is known, and professional code breakers get to work.
There can really only be one of two possible reasons for including a variety of coded texts, drawings - and the hints that interested people should study his books.. He hoped that one day, maybe after he had died, someone would succeed in deciphering them, revealing either how he had deceived everyone - or how the machine worked.
Despite the traditional view as formulated by Herman von Helmholtz in 1847, that perpetual motion machines could not be possible, there is extensive evidence that Johann Bessler genuinely designed and built a continuously rotating device, with no discernible energy source, capable of lifting a heavy load, 70 pounds for example, driving an Archimedes screw for pumping water and able to run for at least 54 days under lock and key, as was tested.
Of course many people have tried to prove he faked the demonstrations but they failed to show how, though they tried every trick under the sun. But it isn’t just that which convinces people of his sincerity, the one outstanding piece of evidence against him, apart from the said impossibility of the device, was the statement by his serving girl, which described the most unconvincing means of faking the machine, and other equally ridiculous suggestions when questioned. This plus Karl the Landgrave’s statement that the machine was genuine and quite simple, as he had insisted on being allowed to satisfy himself by examining the workings of the wheel before certifying that Bessler was no cheat.
Read the full story in my book, Perpetual Motion; An Ancient Mystery Solved? That and all four of Bessler’s books, with English translations available through the panel on the right.
Having spent many years studying Johann Bessler, I am satisfied that his claims were genuine, and that his machine can be replicated again, and now is as good a time any as the global warming increases. One thing is certain, his machine was enabled by gravity, make of that what you will. What better way to reduce pollution from burning fossil fuel than by bending the action of gravity to our needs, and those of the planet? No more fossil fuels, no nuclear, none of the other sources which are all limited in some way. Gravity is ceaseless and everywhere.
JC
