February 19, 2010
Amerika!
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Answer:
Quoting Rogi
The Egg of Columbus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_Columbus
The classic example of something being considered impossible till some one does it.
(1) is Tesla’s implementation using a metal egg and electromagnetic fields.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T…..f_Columbus
(2) is the monument in Ibiza dedicated to Columbus’ discovery of America.
It is thought that maybe the Columbus version is the first which borrows from the original event, though.
A competition between architects, 15 years earlier, won by Filippo Brunelleschi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi
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Pic 2 – Monument to the discovery of America by Columbus in the shape of an egg in Ibiza, alluding to the above story.
Pic 1 – Nikola Tesla’s Egg of Columbus Tesla’ which performed the feat of Columbus with a copper egg in a rotating magnetic field. The egg spins on its major axis, standing on end due to gyroscopic action.
Columbus’ Egg Story
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2. Columbus Ship monument to the discovery of America by Columbus in the shape of an egg in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza, Spain
Egg of Columbus refers to the popular story of how Christopher Columbus, having been told that discovering the Americas was no great accomplishment, challenged his critics to make an egg stand on its tip; and, after they gave up, he did it himself by tapping the egg on the table so as to flatten its tip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_Columbus
The classic example of something being considered impossible till some one does it.
(1) is Tesla’s implementation using a metal egg and electromagnetic fields.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.....f_Columbus
(2) is the monument in Ibiza dedicated to Columbus’ discovery of America.
It is thought that maybe the Columbus version is the first which borrows from the original event, though.
A competition between architects, 15 years earlier, won by Filippo Brunelleschi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi
An egg of Columbus or Columbus’ egg refers to a brilliant idea or discovery that seems simple or easy after the fact.
The expression refers to a popular story of how Christopher Columbus, having been told that discovering the Americas was no great accomplishment, challenged his critics to make an egg stand on its tip; and, after they gave up, he did it himself by tapping the egg on the table so as to flatten its tip.
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2. The original egg of Columbus at Sant Antoni de Portmany