Stonehenge 181
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first of all i would like to give you all a huge thank you for all your questions and comments...

i am getting much mail on my granary website that is pulling me away from this forum. i am determined to answer each of your posts reguardless of merit. my theory has been called silly, stupid, and other things here but i do not mind because it is far more logical than most of the dozens of theories out there.

this theory will continue to grow and gain acceptance until test are done at stonehenge to prove it........ if alien and giant theories can continue to gain followers and publish many books, surely this one will gain a life of its own.

you have had the opportunity to get this theory first hand from its author. you will hear much about it in the future and the practice you have had here in defending against it will come in handy. at some point a full size stonehenge mill will be built. i hope by then that some british engineers are involved.

perhaps we will meet someday in the future and one of us will have the chance to say, "i told you so." there is a 50/50 chance that it will be me speaking. if it is you speaking, at least we had a good run and a fun discussion.

the bottom line is that unlike any other theory, mine can be proved by soil testing and by building a full size operating mill. I'll send you all a bag of rolled oats or wheat

goodby for now with the utmost respect,
clyde hollifield, retired technical college instructor and department chair.

you can direct any future questions to the website.
http://www.granaryatstonehenge.org

It's been thought-provoking. As a hardened cynic I'm still not convinced, but I've enjoyed the discussion. Good luck!

"and by building a full size operating mill".
At last, some reality is perhaps spoken. I rarely, if ever, stick my tuppenceworth in here or elsewhere, but the reality and engineering problems with scale cannot be dismissed and ignored. As I have said elsewhere, a working scale model is all very well, but means absolutely nothing on its own. Scaling up does not increase everything in proportion, eg weight increases by a cubed term, but the effect of the wind in the sails will decrease, as the relative speed will be less.

Its all an interesting idea, and notwithstanding any other doubts I have, eg why was there only one, in the world, ever, the engineering just does not work out.

I wish you well, its a good debate, but the only way to say this works is with a full scale version. With ropes and poles that would be equivalent to ancient ones, ie weak and not straight.

Good Luck.