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From: jp@lanl.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Magic Engine???  Probably not.
Message-ID: <31871@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 22:07:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 22:07:15 1985
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> >...Joseph Newman ... has invented a motor that has a production efficiency
> >of over 800% ...
> 
> >
> >The machine which I saw operate today used several lantern batteries
> >for a power source... connected to the machine's output leads were a neon
> >sign and about 12 fluorescent tubes (each 5 feet long).  
> 	and not need wires.  I suspect that what the "motor" is
> 	doing is generating a high voltage that will ionize the
> 	gas in the gas discharge tubes and make them light up. This
> 	can easily be done with one lantern battery and an old Model-T
> 	Ford spark coil... but it wouldn't be as big and impressive as 
> 	200 pounds of copper wire.
> 
Hey, I think you're on to something there.  You figure out the power output
by adding up the wattages of the bulbs that it lights up!

Jim Potter  jp@lanl.arpa