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I
wonder if Isaac Newton was
wrong with his 'First Law of
Motion'.
The law states that:-
'A body
is incapable of changing it's
condition of rest, or of motion
in a straight line at a constant
speed, unless it is 'persuaded'
to do so by some external force.'
In
the Antigravity Machine that
external force is gravity and
yet, instead of rolling downhill
as one would expect, the machine
rolls uphill.
How
to make it
I
am really sick of always gluing
my fingers together so I went
out and bought some of those
cone shaped party hats for
the machine.
- You
will need two cones (or party
hats) which you will stick
together, like the illustration
above, with gaffer or packaging
tape.
- Next
you will need to make the
ramp for your machine.
You can use something like
a good quality wine carton
or fruit and veg. carton for
this.
- Take
your chosen carton and cut
off two sides leaving the
hinged section at A
- The
height of A matters little
but the slope, between A
and C should rise, to C,
by around one third of the
diameter of the large open
section of your cone.
- The
spread of the ramp at D can
be around the total width
of the two joined cones.
- Place
your Antigravity machine
on the ramp near end A and
delight in watching it roll
uphill. Why is that?
- Experiment
with different slopes, with
different sized cones as
well as different lengths
and spreads of the ramp.
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