gbairy
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author of the gear ratios?
Hello,
I find it very surprising that the name of the author of the gear ratios is not disclosed, or that some people
think the computations were done by Ludwig Oechslin. Come on, guys, devising the ratios is no longer
a difficult matter nowadays, and plenty of people can do it besides Oechslin. It's like people believe he is
the only person on Earth who can build an astronomical clock nowadays!!! People working
in gearing technology or kinematics have various ways to find the appropriate solutions. And anyway,
one can always copy or adapt existing solutions, of which many are well documented (some by
Oechslin, that is true).
Now, I am envisioning different reasons why we don't get to know the name of the author of
the ratios:
- he/she wants to remain anonymous, which I find ridiculous, but perhaps there are reasons
- Richard Mille doesn't want his name to be disclosed, perhaps for reasons such as to avoid
other people to contact the author; in other words, there might be a non-disclosure agreement;
This, however, has a downside, namely that it discredits some of the work. I am one of those
persons who don't believe something on face-value. So, if we neither get to know all the ratios,
and if there is no complete documentation of the planetarium, and if in addition we don't know
who made the calculations, come on, that's pretty unscientific. Please, share the information.
Even if people copy it, you will still be the first with that planetarium.
The last thing wanted to stress is that I think that there is way too much hype on accuracy in
these machines. Sooner or later, they have to be stopped or reset, and then, having a higher
or lower accuracy doesn't make much difference.
So, please, let's get the truth out of the box.
Gus
Some initial information on the upcoming Richard Mille Planetarium-Tellurium
