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|[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_debris.png|thumb|231px|left|The debris left behind by the glider-producing switch engine]]
|[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_debris.png|thumb|231px|left|The debris left behind by the glider-producing switch engine]]
|[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple [[predecessor]] of the glider-producing switch engine<br />{{JavaRLE|gliderproducingswitchenginepredecessor|brief}}]]
|[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple [[predecessor]] of the glider-producing switch engine<br />{{JavaRLE|gliderproducingswitchenginepredecessor}}]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*[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 19:52, 26 April 2009

Glider-producing switch engine
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Pattern type Puffer
Number of cells 123
Bounding box 67 × 60
Direction Diagonal
Period 384
Speed c/12
Discovered by Charles Corderman
Year of discovery Unknown

The glider-producing switch engine (or glider-making switch engine) is a puffer that was found by Charles Corderman. It consists of a switch engine reacting with blocks produce various still lifes and a glider every 384 generations.

It is the second most common naturally-occurring pattern 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 block-laying switch engine).

The debris left behind by the glider-producing switch engine
A simple predecessor of the glider-producing switch engine
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