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New page: {{Puffer|name=Block-laying switch engine|bx=29|by=28|pname=blocklayingswitchengine|c=43|p=288|s=c/12|dir=Diagonal|discoverer=Charles Corderman|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=... |
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|[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple predecessor of the block-laying switch engine]] | |[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_debris.png|framed|left|The blocks left behind by the block-laying switch engine]] | ||
|[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple [[predecessor]] of the block-laying switch engine<br />{{JavaRLE|blocklayingswitchenginepredecessor|brief}}]] | |||
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*[http://www.pentadecathlon.com/objects/class4/typeB/SwitchEngine1/switchEngine1.php Single switch engine puffer trains] at the Life Objects Catalog | *[http://www.pentadecathlon.com/objects/class4/typeB/SwitchEngine1/switchEngine1.php Single switch engine puffer trains] at the Life Objects Catalog | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 26 April 2009
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| Pattern type | Puffer | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 43 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 29 × 28 | ||||||
| Direction | Diagonal | ||||||
| Period | 288 | ||||||
| Speed | c/12 | ||||||
| Discovered by | Charles Corderman | ||||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||
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The block-laying switch engine (or block-making switch engine) is a puffer that was found by Charles Corderman. It consists of a switch engine reacting with blocks to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 generations).
It is the most common naturally-occurring patterns that exhibits infinite growth, and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the glider-producing switch engine).
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External links
- Single switch engine puffer trains at the Life Objects Catalog