The invention of the wheel

[Archbob]

What if the guy who invented the wheel decided to go with squares instead of circles.

 

[The Middle Man]

lets just say it would be a bumpy ride!

 

[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

He probably did, said "Hey, this sucks!" and then switched to circles

 

[slothman]

I can't think of it right now but there is another figure that could be used like the wheel. It's basically a triangle with rounded corners. It's also used in some kind of engine.

Ahh I found it. It's called a Reuleaux triangle and is used in a wankel engine. A page about it is here http://www.nas.com/~kunkel/reuleaux/reuleaux.htm

 

[SunTzu]

its bad when a thread in the OT forum seems like spam

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

It wouldn't go anywhere, much like this topic.