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From: csw@ulysses.UUCP (Chris Warth)
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Subject: Re: Perpetual Motion Machine (Honest!)
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 19:27:56 EST
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    Seems this guy has been around for quite some time.  The inventor
of this machine had a "demonstration" a few years ago at Tulane
University (New Orleans).  Since the room was packed wall-to-wall
people, I did not get in to see the machine, but I did hear several
stories from people who managed to sqeeze in.

    The inventor claimed no formal training in physics or electronics.
As I recall, his explanation of how the machine worked relied upon
"cosmic forces" and the like.  He repeatedly evaded questions from
physics professors who were present.  There were a couple of other
inconsistent things about his presentation but it was so long ago I
that am fuzzy on the details.  I'm not sure but I think there was
something about an unexplained electric cord entering the machine.  My
roommate at the time, a mechanical engineer, was not impressed at all
by the demonstration.

    I do not see what this guy hopes to gain by perpetrating this
fraud.  There was no admission charge to the demonstartion I
mentioned.  If this were truly a perpetual motion machine then the
thing to do would be to sell the plans to Mobil or Shell and forget
about it.  Didn't something happen similar lines with the invention of
an "everlasting" car battery?  Something about Firestone buying the
inventor out and burying the plans.

Chris Warth
ATT-BL
Murray Hill, NJ
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