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Re: The Rise and Fall of Simple Machines.

brian whatcott asked:

(Wasn't that a Feynman anecdote? - setting a high speed gyroscope
running in a victim's suitcase, then watching his difficulties as
they turned corners?)

I recall G. Gamow's story in which a porter of such suitcase
run away thinking the devil was inside.