http://www.metafilter.com/tags/cyclic Posts tagged with 'cyclic' at MetaFilter. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:58:20 -0800 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:58:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65278/Our%2Dfather%2Dwho%2Dart%2Din%2Delevator%2Dshafts A <a href="http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/f/f_1.htm">Paternoster</a> <a href="http://www.radio.cz/en/article/85507">lift</a> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster">wiki</a>] is a <a href="http://www.dartfordarchive.org.uk/technology/magnified/cyclic_elev.htm">cyclic elevator</a> with "an endless chain of cabins moving at a moderate speed; some passing downward past a line of entrances and other cages moving upward past another set of openings. Passengers may embark or alight at any floor whenever they please, without delay. " (<a href="http://www.theunmutual.co.uk/gec.htm">As seen on TV</a>!) They're still in use in the the <a href="http://paternoster.archii.cz/">Czech Republic</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMyHi_-N4k">Germany</a>, <a href="http://www.lomography.com/loc/index.php?url=Neues_Institutsgeb%C3%A4ude_NIG&img=1">Austria</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0qa91F7ACM">the</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXSnNzGJDdg">UK</a> among <a href="http://www.flemming-hamburg.de/patlist.htm">other places</a>. (Via <a href="http://deputy-dog.com/2007/10/02/interesting-elevators/">this list</a> of interesting elevators.) tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65278 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:58:20 -0800 architecture buildings cyclic elevator lift paternoster dersins