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Great Circle Energy Tracks on the Surface of a Sphere:
"The shortest distance between points on the surface of a sphere are the great circles. They are called the geodesic lines and inasmuch as there is no such thing as a straight line and we are working in some kinds of developing surfaces, the great circles are called geodesic lines. We are now getting into the axes of spin which are inherent in any system. We found that systems could be joined up /See Rubber Tires/ and they develop axial aspects, but they don’t frustrate the rest of the Universe.
“Now we are very interested in the kinds of great circles which are developed by the various spins because they must have some kind of important relationship. We saw that if we had twelve spheres in what we call closest packing-- if you wanted to go the shortest distance between points on the surface of spheres-- supposing you were an electric charge, an electron. We make great copper spheres, the old Van de Graaff generators and so forth, you could build up enormous charges of electricity on the surface of this sphere.”
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- Oregon Lecture #7, p. 266, 11 Jul’62
