Yes, we have experimentally verified the asymmetry between attraction and repulsion. This design tool verifies it:
http://www.magnetsales.com/Design/Tools1.htm Howard Johnson's book provides one explanation for the asymmetry. Terry On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 4:33 AM, Horace Heffner <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 15, 2009, at 10:54 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> http://www.worldnpa.org/php2/index.php?tab0=Scientists&tab1=Scientists&tab2=Display&id=1000 > > > The "Experiments" section is interesting. > > http://www.worldnpa.org/php2/index.php?tab0=Experiments > > especially the experiment: > > http://www.worldnpa.org/php2/index.php?tab0=Experiments&tab1=Display&id=5 > > http://tinyurl.com/orcekf > > which states the (magnetic) force of attraction is larger than the force of > repulsion. This looks wrong to me, and disagrees with other experimental > results. Perhaps Kopernicky did not switch the two magnets, and thus the > two masses being suspended differ? In the first experiment the top magnet > is being suspended against gravity, and in the second it is the bottom > magnet. It is necessary to switch the two if they don't have the same mass. > > There is also the possibility the magnets used are not uniformly magnetized > along their lengths. This could be tested by reversing both polarities for > the repulsion suspension test. > > Has anyone here done a similar experiment? > > I know a lot of free energy magnetic motor designs are based on this > principle, so looking at this as a first principle is important. > > It would be nice if the site had room for blog type discussion regarding > experiment entries. > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > >
