Hi John and Listers:
I assumed that single element devices would be excluded - such as the
wheel, the screw, the nail, the axe, etc. I was more interested in
mechanical devices. The light bulb is a good example as is the line fuse
as were suggested earlier.
John
>Good idea, but I'm certain the ax is older than the wheel.
>
>Even older than the ax is the club (bonking stick) and the big freakin'
>rock. Both of which are still used on occasion in their ancient form for
>repair of LBCs.
>
>On Wed, 11 Feb
>1998, Paul Hunt wrote:
>
>=%O> John McEwen wrote:
>=%O>
>=%O> > Can anyone suggest other devices in common use which have remained
>true to
>=%O> > their first principles since inception. I would suggest that 50 years
>=%O> > should be the minimum time consideration. I don't include the
>concept as
>=%O> > the basis but rather the actual mechanism.
>=%O
>=%OHow about the wheel?
>=%O
>=%OPaulH.
>=%O
>=%O
>
>"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
>
>John J. Peloquin
>Molecular Biology &
> Biochemistry
>3205 BioSciences II
>UC IRVINE
>Irvine, CA 92697-3900
>jpeloqui@uci.edu
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