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==Rotor Wheels== | ==Rotor Wheels== | ||
The pillar has four Enigma-style rotor wheels, and one reflector wheel. Above the first rotor wheel is the alphabet. The four rotor wheels move freely between incremental stops. The reflector wheel is fixed in position. Each wheel (including reflector) has triangular markings that can be aligned, presumably to indicate a starting rotor position. | The pillar has four Enigma-style rotor wheels, and one reflector wheel. Above the first rotor wheel is the alphabet. The four rotor wheels move freely between incremental stops. The reflector wheel is fixed in position. Each wheel (including reflector) has triangular markings that can be aligned, presumably to indicate a starting rotor position. | ||
Rotor wiring was determined by visiting the sculpture and following each "wire" with a fingernail, and marking where it terminated. There's a potential error in the wiring I have determined - but I did run a few checks after typing it all out that seem to indicate that they're correct (no duplicates etc). | |||
Rotor 1 "wiring" | Rotor 1 "wiring" |
Revision as of 14:57, 10 March 2013
Pillar 6 contains a grid of dashes and dots, a series of Enigma-style rotor scrambling wheels, two lines of alpha text and a series of numbers around its base.
Dot Dash Grid
If the dots and dashes represent Morse code characters (likely, given the use of Morse code during WWII use of the Enigma machines), this is not a trivial problem to translate the tract of dots and dashes into letters, without any obvious letter separator.
.-...-....-.-...--..--.--..-.--..-..-..-.--.-..----- .--...-----...-...-.-----.......----.-......-.--.... ...-..........-.-.-.........-.......-...-...-....... .---------..---.-...-..--..-.--.-...-..--.---.-...-- ..----..--.--..-..-.......-......--.....-.-----.-.-- ............-.-.......-.....-...-.....-.-........... .-...--..--..----..-----..-..----.--.-..-.--..-..--- ..-----...-...-..----...-.-...-.-.-----.-...--..-... .....-......-.........-.-.-.-.........-...-.....-... ---.-.-.....-.-..--.-.-.-.------.--.....-...----.... .---..-..--.-.....-.-----.--..-.--.-----.-.-....-... .....-....-.-...-...........-.................-...-- .--.---..--.----..-..-.--...-..-...--.-..-----.--.-- ---...-...-......--.--...-.--...-..---......----.--- ...-.-..-.-.-.-.......-.-.....-.-.-.....-...........
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Rotor Wheels
The pillar has four Enigma-style rotor wheels, and one reflector wheel. Above the first rotor wheel is the alphabet. The four rotor wheels move freely between incremental stops. The reflector wheel is fixed in position. Each wheel (including reflector) has triangular markings that can be aligned, presumably to indicate a starting rotor position.
Rotor wiring was determined by visiting the sculpture and following each "wire" with a fingernail, and marking where it terminated. There's a potential error in the wiring I have determined - but I did run a few checks after typing it all out that seem to indicate that they're correct (no duplicates etc).
Rotor 1 "wiring"
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ UDBCFGEJHILMKTSNOPQRWXYZAV |
Rotor 2 "wiring"
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ BZCXWHIFGLMJKVUPSQRTONEDYA |
Rotor 3 "wiring"
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ZADEFGCHMIJKLOPQRNWSTUVBXY |
Rotor 4 "wiring"
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ BDFCEGIJKLSMAZNHOPQRTVXUWY |
Reflector "wiring"
ABCDEFGJNOPSVW ZYVMLIHKURQTCX
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Reflector "wiring" with duplicates/pairs
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ZYVMLIHGFKJEDURQPOTSNCXWBA |
Alphabetic code
There are two lines of text below the rotor wheels. They read:
DL BIOB AXQC NLPA MNXE SBNT FJLD KH JAWS FDHD MATX EJHM PVUJ XJOM |
Base
A string of numbers run in a circular pattern around the base
10 10 11 12 11 13 14 15 30 3017 18 12 12 8 10 14 14 19 22 12 12 11 13 7 7 8 8 14 17 |