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From: smeier@ihu1h.UUCP (s. meier)
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Subject: Re: Gravity-based drive mechanism
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 14:15:14 EST
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I also read about this in the Chicago Tribune's (so-called) science
section.  For a moment I thought I had picked up the Enquirer by
mistake.  According to the vaguely worded article, the "device" is
driven by a gasoline engine, so the idea is that it is a "reactionless
drive" (No propellers in the water to cause friction). 
The article did not give enough details about the gizmo to
determine how it is supposed to work, but the illustrated device (two counter-
rotating weights) would certainly not get very far without some kind of
appropiately directed friction.