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"*": "<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\" id=\"mw-diff-left-l1\">Line 1:</td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"><strong>MediaWiki has been installed</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"></strong></del></div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{Short description|Special way of connecting two objects through flexible links}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The '''anti-twister''' or '''antitwister mechanism''' is a method of connecting a flexible link between two objects, one of which is rotating with respect to the other, in a way that prevents the link from becoming twisted. The link could be an [[electrical cable]] or a flexible conduit</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-deleted\"><br></td><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-added\"><br></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Consult </del>the [<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https://www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using </del>the <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki software</del>.</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">This mechanism is intended as an alternative to </ins>the <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">usual method of supplying </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[electric power]] to a rotating device, the use of [[slip ring]]s</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The slip rings are attached to one part of the machine, and a set of fine metal brushes are attached to the other part</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The brushes are kept in sliding contact with the slip rings, providing an electrical path between the two parts while allowing </ins>the <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">parts to rotate about each other</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-deleted\"><br></td><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-added\"><br></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>== <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Getting started </del>==</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">However, this presents problems with smaller devices. Whereas with large devices minor fluctuations in the power provided through the brush mechanism are inconsequential, in the case of tiny electronic components, the brushing introduces unacceptable levels of [[noise (electronics)|noise]] in the stream of power supplied. Therefore, a smoother means of power delivery is needed.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https</del>://www.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Special:MyLanguage</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]</del></div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https</del>://<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki.org</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Special:MyLanguage</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ</del>]</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">A device designed and patented<ref>{{cite patent |inventor-first=Dale A. |inventor-last=Adams |country-code=US |patent-number=3586413 |publication-date=25 March 1969 |issue-date=22 June 1971 |title=Apparatus for providing energy communicating between a moving and a stationary terminal}}</ref> in 1971 by [[Dale A. Adams]] and reported in ''The Amateur Scientist'' in December 1975,<ref>{{cite journal |title</ins>=<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Amateur Scientist: Diverse Topics, Starting with How to Supply Electric Power to Something That Is Turning |first</ins>=<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">C. L. |last</ins>=<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Stong |journal</ins>=[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[Scientific American]] |volume=233 |issue=6 |pages=120&ndash;123 |date=December 1975 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican1275-120 |url=http</ins>://www.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">scientificamerican</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">com/article</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">the-amateur-scientist-1975-12</ins>/ <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">|url-access=subscription\u00a0 |access-date=January 11, 2016}}<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ref> solves this problem with a rotating disk above a base from which a cable extends up, over, and onto the top of the disk. As the disk rotates the plane of this cable is rotated at exactly half the rate of the disk so the cable experiences no net twisting.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[https://<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lists.wikimedia</del>.org/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">postorius</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lists</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki-announce</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lists</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org</del>/ <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MediaWiki release mailing list</del>]</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">//www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language</del>]</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">What makes the device possible is the peculiar connectivity of the [</ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">space of 3D rotations]], as discovered<ref>The earliest published mention is \u201cOn a string problem of Dirac\u201d by M.H.A. Newman, ''J. London Math. Soc.'', vol. 17 (1942).\u00a0 Dirac called it the \u201cscissors puzzle\u201d in a letter to Newman seven years before that. {{cite web|url=http</ins>://<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ariwatch</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">com/VS</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Algorithms</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">DiracStringTrick.htm|title=The Dirac String Trick}}<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ref> by [[P. A. M. Dirac]</ins>] <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">and illustrated in his [</ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Plate trick]] (also known as the string trick or belt trick).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Holroyd |first=Alexander E. |date=2022-04-18 |title=The spinor linkage \u2013 a mechanical implementation of the plate trick |url=</ins>https://<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">doi</ins>.org/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">10.1080</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">17513472.2022.2045049 |journal=Journal of Mathematics and the Arts |pages=1\u201329 |doi=10.1080</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">17513472</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">2022</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">2045049 |s2cid=235732290 |issn=1751-3472|doi-access=free |arxiv=2107</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">01681 }}<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ref> Its covering [[Spin group|Spin(3) group]] can be represented by unit [[quaternion]</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">s, also known as [[versor]]s.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>* [https://www.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki/Special</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MyLanguage/Manual</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki</del>]</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[File</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Belt Trick</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">gif|thumb|right|Illustration of the principle of the anti-twister mechanism</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">]]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==See also==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*[[Quaternions and spatial rotation]</ins>]</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*[[Candle dance]]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" 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