Glider-producing switch engine
bo65b$bo65b$bo65b$5bo61b$b3o2bo60b$o4bo61b$o3bo62b$b3o63b$15b2o50b$13b
2o2bo49b$obo10b2o3bo48b$obo10b2o52b$obo64b$obo17bo46b$b2o14bo49b3$22bo
2bo41b$26bo40b$22bo10b2o32b$26bo6b2o32b$22b4o41b$21bo45b$22b2o43b$23bo
43b3$41b2o24b$41b2o24b3$13b2o52b$13b2o52b5$36b2o29b$36b3o9b2o17b$37bo
10bobo16b$49bo17b$33bo33b$27bo5bo33b$26bobo11b3o24b$26bo2bo9bob2o24b$
16b2o9b2o10b2o26b$15bo2bo48b$15b2ob2o47b$18bobo46b$20b2o45b$17bo3bo45b
$17bo2bo44b2o$18b3o44b2o3$54bo12b$53bobo11b$40bo12b2o12b$39bobo25b$39b
2o!
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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 ).
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The debris left behind by the glider-producing switch engine
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