This kind of reminds me of the sections of
tangerine fruit and how they fit together like a Roman arch all the way around
and form a sphere.
Imagine if the sections of a tangerine were not
soft but hard. Then they all fit together like the keystone in a roman arch just
like they fit together
inside the tangerine. The tighter the pressure on
them from outside, the tighter they wedge against and fit against each
other.
Now imagaine there is a living space in the middle
of all the tangerine sections. Looking at Roman aquaducts and structures using
stone blocks
gives you the same idea as how the tangerine fruit
sections fit together.
Psubs people always stimulate my
brain.
Kindest Regards,
Bill Akins.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:48
PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: acrylic
viewport thickness
Hugo Marrero wrote:
>
Think about what you just wrote.... you're saying that is easier to
>
cut several pentagobal sections, make sure they have the same
>
circularity within certain deviation, make sure they are the exact
>
same measurements, then glue each of the 5 sides on each section and
>
make sure it's in place correctly ....
I've wondered about doing
that for an entire hull. Not in acrylic, necessarily, but in whatever
material is desired. The hull becomes a structure made of pentagonal
pieces. If I could figure out how large each pentagon has to be to
result in a hull of the proper size, I'd be able to think about this more
clearly. The math eludes me so
far.
Mike