c-towns Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Why, what are the benifits of this feature?What if I wanted to ask you a guestion personally?MarcO, who determines the speed of esculators and why can't they go just a bit faster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted August 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 MarCo?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 The escalator was invented by James Reno and installed as an amusement ride at Coney Island in 1897. It was then further developed by the Otis Elevator Company by Charles Seeberger. In 1921, the Reno and Seeburger designs were merged into the escalator we know and love today and presumably the speed of escalators is based upon this model. The usual speed is 3 km/h. They can be rigged to go faster but maintain a standard speed, I assume this is due to liability concerns in the case of a slip and fall upon the moving staircase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaidy Mae Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 What about those conveyor belt type of escalators at Loblaws on St. Clair? How do the carts not roll down those suckers? Time to call in a "I was just wondering..." favour to some family at Otis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 it's like magnetic hill...in reverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Dear Kaidy Mae,Those escalators to which you refer are, in fact, known, in industry parlance, as "movators".Love,Julia--------------------Dear Bouche,Isn't Magnetic Hill an optical illusion? If so, can you please explain it to me?Thanks.Julia--------------------Dear c-towns,Are "Anonymous Users" the guys I see in the park smoking pot and wearing ski masks?Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Booche and I ran up and down Magnetic Hill last week...good times! "I'm running up, but I'm running down!!! weeeeee!"*note: this was after a night of boozing at Doc Dylan's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 theres a megnetic hill, or haunted hill, here in ontario to, on snake rd i think it is, maybe king rd? some rd going into waterdown. apparently, this is from creepy canada now, apparently a school bus full of kids died on said hill, and now, if you throw your car in neutral, itll roll up the hill, ie magnetic hill, but what they say really causes it is the ghosts of the kids pushing you, even to the extent of putting babypowder on your bumper and itll be covered in little dead kids handprints..... creepy eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Is NO ONE going to address my queries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted August 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 those could be anoynomous users, but i was reefering to the pot smokers on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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