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From: tmb@talcott.UUCP (Thomas M. Breuel)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Magic Engine???  Probably not.
Message-ID: <528@talcott.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 03:37:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 03:37:26 1985
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In article <824@decwrl.UUCP>, wasser@viking.DEC (John A. Wasser) writes:
> >the energy being generated by the machine was coming directly for the 
> >conversion of copper to energy (E=MC^2).  
> 
> 	Did you check for the mass loss or were you taking the
> 	word of the inventor.  If his explanation is not correct,
> 	would you know it?  How can you know his explanation is
> 	correct?  (think about it)

The machine seems to yield so little energy during the performance
that you would probably not be able to measure a mass difference.

I wish to point out, however, that the energy source of the machine
(probably the battery or the power line :-) indeed becomes lighter
during the performance, since it is loosing internal energy which
contributes to its rest mass. In principle, the same thing happens
when you use your flash light or even when you put an Alka Seltzer into
a glass of water: the system becomes lighter as energy is released
from it.

						Thomas.