Jones Beene wrote: > ----Original Message----- > From: Frank Roarty > > Has Vortex previously considered cavitation of ambient gases in limestone > and other calcium based megaliths? Numerous cultures have common legends of > levitating great stones... > > Just wondering... > > > Well, you have to draw the lines (of credulity) somewhere, Fran ;-) > > However, acoustic levitation is scientific fact ... as is sonoluminescence > and the Casimir force - sonofusion is less likely, but possible ... the > first three are certain beyond doubt, so maybe this is worth some > consideration. > > ....despite the fact that acoustic levitation is not known to be efficient, > but that does not mean that it was not part of some kind of lost 'secret', > as improbable as that may "sound". Do I hear a deep rumble of laughter out > there? > > ....so, we could start there with the suggestion, which is based on > historical evidence of an array of Shofar, primitive horns ... that is, > assuming that you are referring to the possibility of levitating of large > stones (which can be mostly calcium, in the case of limestone) by primitive > people using sound to instigate cavitation, with secondary Casimir > effects... then ... there is anecdotal evidence that will perhaps allow an > "arguable" case... perhaps only slightly more convincing than the hypothesis > of the Egyptian pyramid blocks being cast in situ from ancient concrete... > > In Biblical days, the "Shofar" or ram's horn was used as a sound to rally > troops to battle, and was said to have been used by Gideon and his priests > (in the Book of Judges) as a weapon against the enemy -- and then by Joshua > to bring down the walls of Jericho. Ancient images of these horns (and those > from other animals like Eland, etc all of which have 'Fibonacci twists') > have been found in Egypt and Iraq (Babylon) long before there was an Israel, > so we can assume that this type of horn, and its acoustic properties, were > well known to early builders (and warriors). Did the 'twist' play a role in > the acoustic properties? (i.e. the 'superwave' theory) > > The hypothesis, then, can be furthered by the suggestion that certain types > of chosen stone will have natural Casimir (skeletal) cavities, in which by > virtue of an external acoustic signal, some medium will be amplified in a > desired (antigravity) vector. That may explain why the quarries (for the > largest stones) were often a long distance away from the pyramid site. > > This preferred vector could be inadvertent, even - and due to the > application of water or oil (blood, etc ?) to the bottom side of the block > of stone, say, when the liquid was used as a lubricant in dragging the stone > 'most of the way' to where it is to be levitated by the hornblowers to its > final position. > > Does anyone want to take it from there? >
Levitation produced by a form of acoustic resonance. Interesting. The problem will be not only how to produce the required sound, but also, and probably most importantly, how to canalize the effect in a desired direction, i.e. how to produce a net force in a given direction. I have my own theory, which involves electromagnetism, but I would not talk about it because it's too speculative. I can't believe I'm saying that here :-) I'll only say that I think the effect is related to the fact that most of stones (and also the air) are mainly non-conductive. We know a great deal about the effect of electromagnetic fields on conducting materials(i.e. eddy currents) but probably not that much about its effects on non-conductive materials and elements. Mauro
