Perhaps, someone could devise a long-running magnetic energy extractor building on the simple approach in:
A Magnetic Linear Accelerator http://www.physics.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/lin_accel.pdf If so, I bet it would be popular in toy stores. William Beaty wrote: > On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Harry Veeder wrote: >> If theory predicted that it should run for x hours but instead ran >> much longer would it qualify as a true FE device? > > If it runs far longer ...then it merely supplies a more precise method for > measuring the actual energy provided by your magnets! :) > "Experimenter's Regress," where experiments force alteration in theory, > but where theory forces alteration in interpretation of experiments. > > Anyhow, I wonder how difficult it would be to *engineer* a magnet motor > which drives itself against friction and runs for awhile before weakening > its own magnets? Something with low friction so it could operate for > significant time? What would such a device look like? > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > > >
