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Antigravity References [message #133518] Sat, 15 June 1985 18:00 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: @S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:jennings@AEROSPACE.ARPA
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From: Richard K. Jennings 


Conventional Science does not completely preclude antigravitic devices.
Some of the following references into the field are to literature
published by researchers, both theoretical and applied, who admit
to its possibility.

 

             *** Some References on Antigravity  ***             
 
1.  Allais, Maurice FC (Director of Research, Centre National de 
la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Nationale Superieur des Mines, 
Paris) "Should the Laws of Gravitation be Reconsidered?", 
Aero/Space Engineering, Sept 1959 p46-52, Oct 1959 p51-55, Nov 
1959 p55.  This describes in some detail some experiments done by 
the author which seem to indicate that gravity oscillates with a 
period of 24 hours, 50 minutes with a magnitude of 10e-6g.  He 
then takes this result and, with other referenced anomalies, 
attempts to make the case that a new theory of gravity should be 
developed.  His experimental results are either forged or are 
very interesting.  Since he seems unaware of relativistic 
considerations, his analysis is interesting but benign.
 
2.  Cleaver, AV FRAeS Fellow (Assistant Cheif Engineer, Aero 
Engine Division, Rolls Royce Ltd) "Electro-Gravitics: What it is 
or might be", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol 
16, No2, Apr-Jun 1957 p84-94.  This is the response of a crusty 
old Brit to a radical new concept from the "Americans" which just 
might be possible but is much more apt to be much ado about 
nothing.  This article does catalog some of the American 
participants.
 
3.  Ebershaw, Bernard C. (Mailorder Publisher) Antigravity 
Propulsion Devices, R&D Associates Inc (PO Box S73, Concord NC 
28025), 1980.  Consists of a brief enumeration of some of the 
ideas behind antigravity devices, a bibliography, and copies of 
some of the better known antigravity patents.
 
4.  Forward, Robert L. (Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu CA) 
"Guidelines to Antigravity", American Journal of Physics, Vol 31, 
Mar 1963 p166-70.  This author is quite prolific, and has written 
articles on gravity for both the technical and lay journals 
(OMNI) on this topic.  His views are founded upon applied 
theoretical physics, and he is quite conservative with his 
claims.  This particular article is primarily concerned with the 
mechanisms to mechnaically generate non-Newtonian gravitational 
fields.
 
5.  Gerartin, Lucien A. (Head, Nuclear Physics Section, Compagnie 
Francaise Thomson-Houston, Le Raincy, France) "Electro-Gravitic 
Propulsion", Interavia, Vol XI, No 12, 1956 p992.  This article 
explains the benefits of body forces as opposed to point forces, 
sketches ideas and phenomena which seem to indicate that 
antigravity devices are possible, and quotes an exuberant VP of 
the Martin Company claiming that building an Atomic Bomb is no 
more difficult than building an antigravity device.
 
6.  Giles, Cedric. "Elevators and Levitators", Journal of the 
American Rocket Society, No 68, Dec 1946, p34-9.  This is 
interesting mainly because of the date, and the perspective it 
puts upon the various types of propulsive techniques which it 
enumerates.  Some have been realized, while others (for the 
moment) have been passed by.
 
7.  Gutman (Goteborg Sweden) "Albert Einstein and Gravity 
Research", Interavia, Vol XI, No 5, 1956, p375.  Based upon 
Einstein's letters, an argument is made that electro-magnetic 
fields may be expressed, as in Maxwell's Equations, by six (6) 
functions of space and time *and* require a gravity field.  
Conversely, a gravity field requires 10 equations of space and 
time, and may exist alone.  A connection between gravity and 
electromagnetic phenomena is suggested, with gravity a 
geometrical phenomena and electromagnetics a physical phenomena.
 
8.  Intel (An anonymous American journalist) "Towards Flight 
Without Stress or Strain... or Weight", Interavia, Vol XI, No 5, 
1956, p373-4.  This is pure hype, but does identify some of the 
investigators, and some of the advantages an antigravity device 
might have.
 
9.  Kooy, JMJ (Netherlands) "Gravitation and Spaceflight", Acta 
Astronautica, Vol 4, p229-30, Pergammon Press, 1977, Great 
Britian.  A short, interesting speculation on the nature of 
gravity, and how it might be exploited to power spacecraft.

 
10.  Saxl, Erwin J (Pin Hill, Harvard MA) "An Electrically 
Charged Torque Pendulum", Nature, Vol 203, No 4941, JUly 11, 
1964, p136-8.  A former student of Einstein, this author uses 
some unexpected phenomena, which he observed while performing 
extensive tests to characterize the behavior of a charged torque 
pendulum, to suggest that Einstein might have been right in 
suggesting that there are interactions between electricity, 
inertial mass, and gravitation.
 
 
 
 
 
Ofcourse, this information does not reflect the views of my employer
in any way shape or form.
Richard K Jennings, CAPT, USAF
AFSCF/XRP              AV: 799-6427
SAFS, CA 94088-3430  ARPA: jennings@aerospace
Re: Antigravity References [message #135607 is a reply to message #133518] Fri, 18 October 2013 16:21 Go to previous message
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   In article <2295@mordor.UUCP>, jennings@AEROSPACE.ARPA mentions
a gravitational oscillation "with a period of 24 hours, 50 minutes
with a magnitude of 10e-6g".  The author of the paper he cites suggested
a new theory of gravity was needed.

   The period mentioned just happens to be the time the Earth takes
to make one revolution RELATIVE TO THE MOON.  Hmmm...perhaps he made this
"Earth-shaking" discovery in a lab without windows...

   Gravitational fields are inverse square, and gravitational gradients
are equal to the derivative of this field.  This means that the lunar
gravitational effect is a little stronger on the near side of the Earth
than on the far side or at the center.  That's the source of tides.

   Computationally, the size of the effect at the equator is only 1.1e-7g.
This assumes a rigid Earth and no gravitational effects from tidally shifting
oceans and atmosphere, though.  Any astronomers care to pick up the
ball (wait 'til after moonrise; it's easier then :-), and do a better
calculation?

Newtonianly yours;


-- 
Keith Lofstrom
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