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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
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Subject: Re: Joseph Newman's Energy Machine
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 09:36:54 EDT
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> Here is my offer:  For the sum of US$25,000, payable on delivery,
> I will construct a device satisfying any one of the following
> descriptions (buyer's choice).  Upon demonstration of the device
> in a an accessible location of my choosing and payment of the money,
> I will transfer the device and all rights to it to the buyer.
> 
> 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'll take this one, as long as I can use a watt-meter to measure
the power in and out.  No tricks using tank circuits as loads or 
low duty cycle outputs allowed.
> 
> 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.

       This one isn't that tough.  I assume that Matt had something different
in mind than my solution, since he asks that the device be placed on a
wheeled platform or on dowels.  My solution?  The button releases a tightly
wound spring, which spins a massive verticle wheel inside the box, causing
the box to roll, end over end, across the room.
> 
> 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.

      You can get solar cells anywhere, Matt, and your description of
this device seems to allow non-chemical sources of energy.
> 
> If nobody accepts this offer in the near future, then I will explain
> the principle of operation of any one of these devices for the sum of
> US$1,000, paid in advance.
> 
      Sorry for messing up your business.  Maybe you should try selling
these things on a less physics oriented net.
> _____________________________________________________
> Matt		University	crawford@anl-mcs.arpa
> Crawford	of Chicago	ihnp4!oddjob!matt
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Jeff Sonntag
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