Posted by Vector Viper (205.162.15.2) on February 14, 2003 at 02:18:10:
In Reply to: Re: An observation on Wheels and circles posted by Scott Ellis on February 14, 2003 at 00:27:43:
: Hi Jeff,
: Thanks for your post. Although it is a little tricky to follow you exactly through so much verbage (a picture is worth a thousand words!), I think I understand the arrangement you are describing and the question you are asking.
: My first thought is that perhaps the device you descibe might behave like a sort of parallel beam apparatus, where the net torque or balance is actually independent from the horizontal distance of the weights on either side of the axle.
(cool diagram snipped)
Put simply, it's not where the weight is, but where it is attached that matters, eh? That device does not deal with
torques though (weight hanging off center-not straight down)
Viper 'rules is rules'