People who consistently display benignly eccentric behavior are labeled as "eccentrics". The rotors both rotate around the eccentrics and make orbital revolutions around the eccentric shaft. Some eccentrics are pejoratively considered "cranks" rather than geniuses. Browning's monologues are frequently voiced by eccentrics, lunatics, or people under emotional stress. Eccentrics and epicycles came to be thought of as useful fictions. Seamus finds the island inhabited by eccentrics. These are worked by cams, eccentrics or cranks driven by the shaft of the engine. The book also contains rules for computing the longitudes of planets using eccentrics and epicycles. The series portrays adults as mysterious eccentrics. Camber bolts with eccentrics allow adjustable camber on some vehicles. Waugh added Christie to his "treasury of eccentrics", set aside for future literary use. There are examples throughout history of eccentrics living on monotrophic diets. During this time, Anne interacts with various eccentrics at both work and around the town. For many years she was well known as one of Melbourne's eccentrics. She appeared in the world premiere of Malcolm Williamson's "English Eccentrics".