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From: steven@hp-lsd.UUCP (steven)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Joseph Newman's Energy Machine
Message-ID: <9100001@hplsdlu.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 15:09:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 17 15:09:00 1985
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> Device #1: an electrical device which takes in 10 volts AC at 1 ampere
> 	    and puts out 100 volts AC at 1 ampere.  The device will not
> 	    contain any internal energy sources and the measurements of
> 	    current and voltage will not be faked.
   I note that nothing is said about the phases of the voltage and
current.  Also, are these RMS or peak?
> 
> Device #2: a closed box with a button on top.  The box can be set on a
> 	    passive wheeled platform or on some wooden dowels and it
> 	    will move a distance much greater than its own length when
> 	    the button is pushed.  The floor of the room will not be
> 	    slanted - the box may be turned around and it will move in
> 	    the other direction on activation.  The box will not take in
> 	    or put out any matter for its propulsion.
  Not too difficult since wheels and rollers are not frictionless.
Internal masses can be moved to provide reaction and can be restored to
their original positions without reaction by not exceeding static
friction forces.  It is fairly easy to move a wheeled chair across a
room without touching the floor.
> 
> Device #3: an apparatus incorporating no batteries or other chemical
> 	    sources of electricity and no moving parts whatsoever, which
> 	    can light a small electric lamp.
  I can come up with nuclear cells, photovoltaic cells, thermocouples,
lightning rods, radio antennae and large capacitors as possible solutions.
Some of these might be classified as chemical.  Since your price has
already been undercut, I am curious about your intended solutions.  How
about at the same prices as mine :-).

                               Steven Sharp
                               hp-lsd!steven