Duane wrote: > If you divide the length of the blade by the length of the loom, the ratio is 1.7, which isn't the golden ratio of 1.618, but it's not far, and anthropomorphic sizing is only an approximation. The reason this works out approximately is that in a typical GP, the length of the loom and the length of the blade very roughly reproduce your shoulder-to-shoulder and your shoulder-to-hand measurements, which, very roughly, can be used to derive the golden mean. Those dimensions were among many quantities in the idealized human form that Da Vinci used to derive the golden mean. Sometimes there is a reason why the golden mean pops up, and sometimes it's coincidence. I don't know if anyone has explained that the Da Vinci proportions are anything more than the latter. Tom *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 13 2005 - 18:08:17 PST
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