| SELECTED IDEAS OF BUCKMINSTER FULLER |
| OCTETS: TRUSS |
| GENERAL |
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The combination of octahedra & tetrahedra produces a truss that has no redundancy. |
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Therefore it is extremely strong & lightweight. |
It can produce just about any shape desired & since the components may be all the same length, it can be easily mass-produced. |
| The Tetrahedral Principle in Kite Structure | Alexander Graham Bell | Nat'l Geographic (mag) | pp 219-51 | 06-01-03 |
| Aerial Locomotion | " | " | pp 1-27 | 01-01-07 |
| Octet Truss | R. Buckminster Fuller | Patent | US 2,986,241 | 05-30-61 |
| Steel Space Structures | Z S Makowski | - | 220 pages | 1965 |
| Utopia Or Oblivion | R. Buckminster Fuller | - | p 91 | 1969 |
| The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller | R B Fuller & R Marks | - | pp 57 & 170-75 | 1973 |
| The Mind's Eye of Buckminster Fuller | Donald W. Robertson | - | pp 50-52 | 1974 |
| Synergetics | R. Buckminster Fuller | - | secs 420-24, 650.00 | 1975 |
| Inventions | " | - | pp 167-77 | 1983 |
| A Fuller Explanation | Amy C. Edmondson | - | pp 141-42 | 1987 |
| Octet Structures Using Tension/Compression | R Chu & T S Gwilliam | Patent | US 4,711,062 | 12-08-87 |
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