Re: [math-fun] 10,000 year gear train

9 Feb 2005


      My solution? Did I forget doing something  noteworthy? Or is there another
Steve Gray? But I have that name copyrighted!
(I did suggest using rockets to make planetary periods easier to deal with.)

The Original Steve Gray

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R. William Gosper" <rwg@osots.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: [math-fun] 10,000 year gear train
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As Danny and I had already discussed offline, John McCarthy et al have
described how to implement Steve Gray's solution via a giant game of
billiards with Kuiper object cue balls.  Gene's tidal deceleration
might be handled by noncircular gears feeding a differential.