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22 January 2008, 18:01
xgrunt
A mystery solved
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> This is for engineers, architects, and tinker toy and erector set
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> Stonehenge ...
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> This is a really great video clip. Amazing that this guy could figure
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> out something that has confounded scholars for centuries.
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> And not only figure it out, but demonstrate it!
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> This guy could build a replica of Stonehenge single-handedly,
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> while a committee of 20 or 30 Civil Engineering professors from leading
> universities would be debating how it might be done.
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> CLICK BELOW
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> http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/moving_big_rocks <
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22 January 2008, 20:31
robthom
I am impressed.

Often the simple solutions are the best (?Oxburg's Razor? - Spelling).

It is so simple, I am not surprised the 'experts' did not figure it out.

I am a civil-structural engineer and thought they used pulleys, ropes, levers / fulcrum principle - balancing moments etc to erect the blocks. Using fulcrums / moments, I wondered how they avoided cracking the stone blocks by 'bending' - putting part of the block into tension when righting the blocks.

Getting the top, cross bar stone blocks in place is the real challenge. There was a TV series on UK Channel 4 years ago about the construction of the wonders of the ancient world - how they achieved it. It looks like mankind lost a lot of know how during the barbarian Dark Ages in Europe at least.
23 January 2008, 07:33
JLarsson
Occam's Razor.


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23 January 2008, 07:46
SGraves155
Well damn! Not space travelers, just one smart Druid! Dontcha know that 10-15 of these guys who had moving these big rocks figured out would have had a fun time buidling Stonhenge in one nice summer?


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28 January 2008, 20:04
.366torque
Wow!! Very impressive!!
29 January 2008, 00:53
Dutch
You know, ONE guy could move those rocks, too. Just lift it up a little, and then roll it down hill on poles. All it would take is time, but with this method, you can move rocks up a hill, quite easy. All it would take is a little slave labor......

fascinating!

Dutch.


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29 January 2008, 09:09
JKS
Very cool! Big Grin


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