¶ Snow Mound
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“A child, when playing in sticky snow, may make a big mound of snow and hollow it out with his hands or a shovel to make a cave. Then, looking at the hollowed mound from outside, he may discover that he has made a rough dome. He might, then conclude that whatever makes that structure stand up and span space is not dependent on what was at the center because the snow has been removed from the center. Whatever makes it stand up has to do with the circumferential interactiond of the snow crystals and their molecules and the latter’s atoms. He may find out by experiment that he could put not only one hole, but many holes through the snow dome shell and it continues to stand up. It becomes apparent that it would be possible to take a pneumatic balloon, pair the molecules, and get rid of all the molecules at the cehtter that were not hitting the balloon-- for it is only the molecules that hit the balloon at high frequency of successive bounce-offs that give the balloon its shape.” (For text immediately following see Tensegrity Geodesic Grid)
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