On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Mike Carrell <mi...@medleas.com> wrote:
That light was observed at BLP and confirmed at the Harvard-Smithsonian > Center for Astrophysics. I've always been a little uncomfortable with the way the testing done on behalf of BLP at Harvard-Smithsonian CfA is characterized. After hearing statements like the one above, one gets a little excited and wants to repeat to others, "Harvard professors tested and confirmed that Mill's device works and proved that hydrinos exist." But then one goes back to the writeup by GEN3 Partners, who oversaw the test, and reads: "Alexander Bykanov, PhD ... Spectroscopy was performed at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Cambridge, MA, USA by spectroscopists under contract to GEN3 Partners". It seems that what was confirmed, if Bykanov's retelling is accurate, is that spectroscopy at Harvard CfA showed evidence (and several possible artifacts) of continuum radiation in the 10-30 nm range from low-energy, high current pinch discharges of molecular hydrogen, and not in comparable trials with helium. This fellow appears to be the Alexander Bykanov mentioned as the author of the GEN3 writeup: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alexander-bykanov/10/b6b/583 (If this is the same Bykanov, and one wondered on a lark whether he had some kind affiliation with Harvard, one may now wonder no more.) Eric p.s. There are some of us (at least two) who like explanations of LENR involving electric arc discharges. [1] http://free-energy.xf.cz/H2/papers/GEN3_Harvard.pdf
