Subj : Tool wanted
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Deuce
Date : Thu Dec 02 2004 08:58 pm

  Re: Tool wanted
  By: Angus Mcleod to Deuce on Thu Dec 02 2004 21:23:00

 > Some enterprising mathematician on a passing starship pointed out that a
 > triangular wheel *would* roll perfectly well and smoothly too, if the
 > wheel was loosely fitted to a triangular axle with a triangular hole, or
 > something like that.
 > 
 > At the time, I studied the explanation carefully.  I didn't actually build
 > a working model, but it seemed to me like it would work as described.
 > 
 > Anyone know about the legitimacy of a *working* triangular wheel?

Last I saw, the article on the tricycle with square wheels contained a proof of
how triangular wheels couldn't roll smoothly... should be able to google it
easily enough...

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