Posted by Patrick (24.102.66.178) on October 31, 2003 at 08:06:28:
In Reply to: Re: Bessler wheel theory part 6 posted by MURILO on October 31, 2003 at 06:28:43:
Thank you Georg and Murilo for your positive comments.
I thought I would add this footnote which I edited out of my original notes for Part 6:
It is pure speculation of course:
From Apologia:
“1)Without such things as sulfur, salt, and mercury, all things will come to a standstill.
2)The qualities of the elements are necessary to keep things going.
3)**Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter are ready to join in any battle.**
4)The things we eat run through every limb and sinue of our bodies.
This passage (lines 1,2 & 4) seems to be a tribute/homage to Paracelus (1494-1541), a well known yet rather unorthodox physician of that time; he apparently had a temperament very similar to Bessler. Remember that Bessler practiced medicine for some time and was quite proud of his capability as a physician.
The third line in this passage however, seems unrelated to the rest, could it be indicating/referring us to the use of the ellipse in the design of the wheel?
The known planets of Bessler’s time were, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. (Uranus, Neptune & Pluto were discovered much later; {1781, 1846 and 1930 respectively}). Mercury has the most elliptical orbit and Venus has almost none. (an almost circular orbit.) Perhaps Bessler left these out as extremes to indicate a relatively modest elliptical shape as being required in the wheels’ design.
--Patrick