Century

Century is a hexomino. It is a common methuselah that evolves into three blocks and a blinker after 103 generations. It produces a temporary toad at generation 59 which is destroyed at generation 79.

Century
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Pattern type Methuselah
Number of cells 6
Bounding box 4×3
MCPS 6
Lifespan 103 generations
Final population 15
L/I 17.2
F/I 2.5
F/L 0.146
L/MCPS 17.2
Discovered by Unknown
Year of discovery Unknown

David Buckingham built a period-246 glider gun using a century as the engine in June 1996.

It is a parent of the bookend.

Century eater

Century can be eaten by a configuration of three eater 1s surrounding a beehive, as shown below. A much smaller century eater was found by Ivan Fomichev in 2013.[1] Both of them play a prominent role in the bistable switch.

A century eater
RLE: here
Century eater 2
RLE: here
gollark: General something something exams.
gollark: And I was vaguely considering doing a gap year in 2 years after A levels.
gollark: I finished my *GCSEs* this year, although without actually doing exams.
gollark: What? Me? No.
gollark: ++delete <@!160279332454006795> (☭ sympathies)

See also

References
  1. Ivan Fomichev (June 8, 2013). Re: What do you want out of (conway's) life this year? (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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