Many ingenious mechanisms are devised with no “practical” purpose in mind. They are examples of invention for the sheer fun of it. This phenomenon occurred early in many cultures.
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Donald Simanek is emeritus professor of physics at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. Visit his pages of science, pseudoscience, and humor: www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/
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