On Sun, 25 Dec 2005, William Beaty wrote: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, thomas malloy wrote: > > According to Reich, nanobacteria, or something similar, can be > > produced by placing beach sand, previously heated to incandescence on > > sterile growth medium, in a orgone accumulator. Perhaps this strategy > > might be useful in inducing LENRs. It is reported that when he > > followed the above scenario, it gave him a tan with his clothes on, > > IMHO, that's a scarry thought.
Sorry, I didn't see all the implications of Reich Bions. What if the blue glow from Al electrolysis CAN produce tanning; what if it's a source of "hard" shortwave UV radiation? If the electrode was immersed deep in UV-blocking water behind UV-blocking soda-glass, we might never suspect it was happening. (And if Reich's results were real, then he was lucky to stumble upon them, via shallow open petri dishes.) Also, does the aluminum-electrolysis blue glow vanish instantly when the circuit is opened? If the glow was biological (or even non-electric chemistry), then we'd expect it to persist for awhile when the current was suddenly halted. (Heh. Does is glow switch on again if the disconnected electrolysis cell is placed in an Orgone box?) Also, it might be possible to get the UV out into the air where it can be analyzed. If water blocks UV, a THIN layer of water should let it out. How thin? Would a few mm of water still block most of the UV? If the electrolysis cell was built in a petri dish with a metal screen electrode above, and aluminum below, then any UV radiation only needs to travel vertically through one or two mm of water. Or, if the glow persists for awhile after the power supply is removed, we could simply yank the aluminum out of the cell and check it's UV output. Anybody have a short-UV detector? Forrest Mims was making these for a science fair project a few years ago, using silicon light detectors with narrowband UV-pass filters. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (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 206-789-0775 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
