Gravity chute

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   JamesH on June 24, 2020 at 2:34 pm

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   Idea: Gravity chute

   Link: https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Tik...

   I guess you haven’t read the Tik Tok of Oz, which features such a train ride.

   Tik-Tok of Oz

   Link: https://oz.fandom.com/wi

   Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth book in L. Frank Baum's Oz book series. Baum dedicated the book to Louis F. Gottschalk, friend and composer, who wrote the music for several Baum projects, including the stage version of this story, The Tik-Tok Man of Oz.

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   Munch on June 24, 2020 at 2:32 pm

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   British scientist Robert Hooke presented this idea in a letter to Isaac Newton.

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   sunnyjim on June 24, 2020 at 2:31 pm

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   Idea: Gravity chute

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

   nice idea, its a gravity train. not sure it will be built quite yet though.

   Gravity train - Wikipedia

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org

   A gravity train is a theoretical means of transportation for purposes of commuting between two points on the surface of a sphere, by following a straight tunnel connecting the two points through the interior of the sphere.

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   Mickey on June 24, 2020 at 2:30 pm

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   Idea: Gravity chute

   Link: https://youtu.be/rTJuh1fSrgQ...

   Thought about this since I was a kid.

   What If We Dug A Tunnel Through The Earth? The Fastest Way to Get Anywhere

   Link: https://youtu.be/rTJuh1f

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