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From: greg@harvard.UUCP (Greg)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Anyone heard of Mr. Neumann?
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 13:02:00 EST
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In article <654@ihlpl.UUCP> bde@ihlpl.UUCP (Ewbank) writes:
>hi --
>	First off: Please, no "this is impossible" type letters.  I
>	realize that it sounds somewhat more than strange....
>
>	I was watching "The Tonight Show" last night and one of
>	Mr. Carson's guests was an inventor named Neumann who had (he
>	claimed) invented a device which produced more conventional
>	energy that it used.  The kicker was that this device was
>	somehow converting *magnetic* energy into electrical energy.
>	Since this was "The Tonight Show," there was not exactly an
>	in-depth report.  Does anyone know more about this Mr. Neumann
>	and his device?

Ok, I will not say "This is imposssible" in the following reply:

Yes, I have heard of him.  He is a fraud.  Discover had an article on him
a year or two ago.  Look for the "Skeptical Eye" column in back issues.
As for the machine itself, all I have to say is that Mr. Neumann's physics
are inconsistent with Mr. Neumann's physics as well as everyone else's
physics.

Finally, a simple way to figure out whether or not someone has invented
an energy-generating machine:  Can it be put in a stationary, closed
container and still work?  Mr. Neumann's cannot, since it plugs into an
electrical outlet.
-- 
gregregreg