How might a repeat lever act as a continuous cycle?
I am speaking specifically of Repeat Lever Type 2, a form in which a heavy counterweight acts by leverage on a short end, while the longer end supports a rolling weight on a triangular track, that moves upward along two slopes, and downward at the point of greatest leverage, allowing the rolling weight to free-fall. Experiments with this type may be found at Repeat Lever Experiments. It is my observation that although upward force of the lever on the mobile weight may not act directly in accordance with its natural movement, in the desired implementation the majority of the weight is supported by the track, resulting in a situation where, so long as the weight rolls, less force must be needed than to lift the weight entirely.~1 Thus the primary difficulty, if geometry is perfect, is simply to create a closed loop in which the counterweight acts by leverage at the point of greatest leverage, and is allowed to rise through the natural pressure of the counterweighted lever along two porti
