At 05:13 am 22/08/2005 +0100, Frank wrote: >Once one realises that one is dealing with a real >atmosphere then all sorts of interesting possibilities >arise - like creating closed vortices - >Beta-atmosphere smoke rings in other words. > >There is a wonderful Royal Institution demonstration >of a smoke ring blowing generated at one end of the >lecturers bench blowing out a candle at the other. >The smoke ring box is first filled with smoke so that >the ring is visible as it travels slowly the dozen or >so feet towards the candle. Then the demonstration is >repeated without smoke and the lectures starts a >countdown. When he reaches zero the candle is blown >out as though by magic. > >Before WWII there was a lot of interest in the >possibility of a death ray knocking down enemy aircraft. >The idea was researched and considered a non starter. >But the investigation did give rise to something only >a little less valuable, viz. radio location and radar. > >Had the authorities recognised the possibility of firing >Beta-atmosphere closed vortices the "death ray" might >have come to fruition. > >Who was it who made a great hoo-ha about something like >this? I think it was Shoulders with his EVOs. I'll have >to google it. > >Cheers, > >Frank Grimer
Ain't Google wonderful 8-). I put - Shoulders EVO - in and straight away the article I was thinking of came up as the first of 18,500. The URL is, http://www.svn.net/krscfs/The%20Good%20The%20Bad%20And%20The%20Ugly.pdf "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY" is dated last August so it's pretty up to date as regards Shoulder's view of things. Interestingly enough, his first paragraph of "The Bad" section of his article could well be applied to Cold Fusion research. ===================================================== "In the experimental world there is a truism: If it has not happened, it probably will not happen. The thrust here is that it is very dangerous to predict too far into the future. Doing so usually brings bad news. Still, it is the life of the experimenter to go on into such darkness moving as deftly as possible but with caution. In the business of containing such eager particles, capable of fantastic energetic feats in the micro world, scaling to progressively larger samples is necessarily accompanied with caution. Many things can be learned using micro samples, but eventually, there comes a time when large samples are necessary. That time has arrived." ===================================================== The first sentence of "The Ugly" section reads, ===================================================== I think Hell has not a clue as to the fury of a bunch of electrons suddenly unleashed. ===================================================== Could an Alpha-atmosphere smoke ring (closed vortex) be seen as "furious"; more furious that is than simply blowing out a candle? Very definitely if the vortex is big enough. There have been instances where vortices shed by large airliners, such as the 747 have tipped over smaller airliners following in their wake. To be continued.... Frank Grimer
