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Re: Suction and such...
Posted By: Ian Johnston In Response To: Re: Suction and such... (Nick Schade)
Date: Friday, 8 October 1999, at 2:50 a.m.
> For example the bifid bow looks somewhat like the jaws of a salmon. Oral
> tradition could say that this is to honor the salmon spirits and thus
> assure a safe return. If you don't have access to modern analysis
> techniques, emulating creatures native to the environment is a good place
> to seek inspiration for design innovations. The original innovator may
> have been copying a salmon jaw for performance reasons, but later builders
> may not have fully understood what he was trying to do. So the tradition
> become more spiritually based than the original material performance
> reasons. But again, this is pure speculation.Actually, I think you are right. Hadn't thought of that! Kind of like that great "invention" sonar. Marine animals used it for eons before we "discovered" it. Wonder if whales get any royalties?
Thanks for the input, Ian
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