On 6 May 2011 02:11, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > If someone patented several variations of "metal cylinder to transmit power" > and you needed a driveshaft, you would be screwed.
It happened. James Watt didn't use this peculiar linkage because he wanted to, but because someone had a patent on the "crank" http://digital.nls.uk/scientists/assets/images/content/james_watt/boulton-watt-engine.jpg Similarly a set of patents in the early days of motoring did nothing more than make one man quite wealthy. http://www.bpmlegal.com/wselden.html -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
