Re: A Request, or Two...

David ( (no email) )
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 23:50:18 -0600

Speaking of Edward Leedskalnin, I heard that he moved thoes huge stones
only at night when there was a full moon. Is this true? If it is then could
he have used the gravitational pull of the moon that is also resonsible for
rising tides to lift the stones. I know that perfect balance was very
important in many of his designs like in his stone rocking chairs, could
this have played a role in his ability to move the heavy stones? Does anyone
have any ideas as to how he might have done this?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Gallop <gallope@planet.curtin.edu.au>
To: keelynet@DallasTexas.net <keelynet@DallasTexas.net>
Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 1:28 AM
Subject: A Request, or Two...

>Hello Members,
>
>I'm new to this group, and hope to be able to contribute constructively as
>time goes by...
>My particular interest, at the moment, is sound/accoustics/harmonics, etc.
>
>Can anyone help me with the following two requests.
>
>I've read all of the keelyNet files on Ed Leedskalnin. However I was under
>the impression he had written quite a bit about his "sweet 16". Are there
>any copies of this writing extant? If so, where can I get my hands (eyes?)
>on it.
>
>Also, I have seen over the last few decades an occasional film clip of a
>suspension bridge (somewhere in the USA I think) swinging and swaying and
>twisting, and eventually disintegrating in high winds - the usual
>explanation being that its 'natural frequency of vibration was in tune with
>that caused by the wind' or something like that. Does anyone know the date
>and place, and how I could get some of the footage (avi format?)
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Ted Gallop
>
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