Wednesday 17 December 2008

the cable car



An example of simple engineering applied to locomotion using poor and completely natural materials is building this car which moves by itself. It's called a cable car because of the long thread linked to the body. 
this picture is one of the folk toys from fun science by Anna Busacchi, Alla ricerca dei giochi "perduti", Cappelli Editore (Bologna, 1992)

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