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[113] A football for EURO 2008
Author: Josef Marhl, Wien 1130, Austria, jijm@gmx.at
A magnetic football for the true fan
Since your delivery service is fast as lightning, I managed to assemble a magnetic football just in time for the European Football Championship.
The football is made up of:
- 60 steel spheres
- 90 rods
The assembly of the football formation was a little difficult. That's why I have initially supported the pentagons with additional five radial rods and a sphere in the middle. When there was only a little whole on top of the entire ball, I could dismantle the support.
Interestingly, he didn't really turn out to be round, although enough hexagons and pentagons were available: 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons. For those who want to check out the geometry of a football in more detail: A wonderfully designed website (in German though) on this topic can be found here.
Well, if you use the "magnet of death" for a goal-kick, he'll probably start rolling :-)
We from supermagnete can only say: Gotta pump it up more ;-)
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