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From: davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (Davidsen)
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.misc,net.research
Subject: Re: Joseph Newman's Energy Machine
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 12:02:43 EDT
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In article <1221@mhuxt.UUCP> js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) writes:
>> 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.
>Jeff Sonntag
>ihnp4!mhuxt!js2j
>    
Actually, the easiest way to do this is to draw a weight slowly to one end of
the box. Friction keeps the box from moving. Then move the weight rapidly back
to the opposite end, giving a thrust great enough to move the box. For $25k
I'll even do it with desmodromic cams!

	-billD

"It seemed like a good idea at the time..."