On May 8, 2014, at 1:14 AM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

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> To use a car analogy, the transmission transfers power from the engine to the wheels. The transmission alone - even though if you turn it by hand it will still work - doesn't help you do anything.

The transmission predates the car by thousands and thousands of years

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windlass> is a simple transmission.

THIS is what we’re talking about; only on a  molecular scale.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
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