Comments on: Falkirk Wheel http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2008/08/14/falkirk-wheel/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: neveu http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2008/08/14/falkirk-wheel/#comment-61410 neveu Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:52:49 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/?p=699#comment-61410 Don't they usually use locks to solve problems like this? Don’t they usually use locks to solve problems like this?

]]> By: John Armstrong http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2008/08/14/falkirk-wheel/#comment-61390 John Armstrong Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:02:55 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/?p=699#comment-61390 Yes, because there's only enough room in the world for either naturalism or technology, but never both. And never mind all the technology it takes to render those beautiful photographs from the not-quite-so-flawless realities they depict. Yes, because there’s only enough room in the world for either naturalism or technology, but never both.

And never mind all the technology it takes to render those beautiful photographs from the not-quite-so-flawless realities they depict.

]]> By: Jacob Freeze http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2008/08/14/falkirk-wheel/#comment-61389 Jacob Freeze Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:23:19 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/?p=699#comment-61389 This thing was vandalized by local eco-terrorists who didn't want a humongous kitchen-implement defacing their beloved canal, and after I got over my original gee-whiz how-did-they-do-that reaction (who knew the Falkirk wheel included a <em>planet carrier?</em>), and looked at a few other sections of the Forth Canal, like <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Forth_and_Clyde_Canal.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> and <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ruchill_Church_at_canal.jpg/400px-Ruchill_Church_at_canal.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a>, I have to agree with their taste, if not their methods. This thing was vandalized by local eco-terrorists who didn’t want a humongous kitchen-implement defacing their beloved canal, and after I got over my original gee-whiz how-did-they-do-that reaction (who knew the Falkirk wheel included a planet carrier?), and looked at a few other sections of the Forth Canal, like this and this, I have to agree with their taste, if not their methods.

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