A Cryptographic Audit of Sir Francis Bacon's Word Cipher (1623) · Outreach 8
The Bespoke Scanner
What it is — the purpose-built rig — a phone camera on a rolling carriage over a freestanding, bolt-together gantry — designed to photograph Owen's ~1,000-foot painted canvas in faithful colour, with complete CAD models, drawings, and a build-ready bill of materials.
Where it fits — the instrument that turns the audit's one open question into a solvable one: the tool built to recover the last-mile order off the physical wheel.
Where it fits — the instrument that turns the audit's one open question into a solvable one: the tool built to recover the last-mile order off the physical wheel.
Bespoke Scanner for the Baconian Word Cipher
A purpose-built, non-contact scanner to read the fragile cipher-wheel canvas without ever cranking it. Drawings, models, and build documents are in the two sub-sections below.
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CAD motion study — the camera carriage traverses the rails while the translucent platen settles onto the canvas under its own light weight: pressed from above, never pulled.
Research by Walter H. Wilkinson · New Gorhambury · gorhambury.org