In reply to Eric Walker's message of Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:47:08 -0500: Hi, [snip] >On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >..so Feynman pulled the plug on a non-existent engine, that then can't >> possibly >> have exploded (because it didn't exist), and hence there was no ensuing >> court >> case? ;) >> > >I think the question that history will be the judge of is whether it was a >/noble gas/ engine. > >Eric
I think the answer to that is obvious. There would have been no point in even introducing the concept of noble gasses if it were an ordinary engine. There have been lots of people who invented new gas engines. None went out of their way to claim they were anything other than what they were, that I am aware of. Note also that noble gasses have a distinct advantage if the energy source is other than the gas itself. They are chemically inert. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
