Papp submarine? Plane tickets? Seems there is more I don't know about Papp than I'd have thought.
There is also US *Patent* 3977191 - *Atomic* expansion reflex optics power optics power source (AEROPS) Which is very similar. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On 01/27/2010 03:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > In reply to [email protected]'s message of Wed, 27 Jan 2010 > 20:40:18 +0000 > > (UTC): > > Hi, > > [snip] > >> There was mention of a combustion engine in new IE issue using inert > gases. Is this what > >> SPICE is based on? could one gas act like an electrolyte while > compressing "bubbles" of > >> the other gas? > > [snip] > > The Papp engine ran on inert gasses. Is that what they are referring to? > > You mean "runs", not "ran"; the (cough) "dream" lives on, as the Rohner > brothers are apparently still in business, claiming to be the techies > who actually built the engine and the only people who understand it, and > at least one of them is apparently selling something, not quite sure what: > > http://www.rohnermachine.com/ > > http://www.pappengine.com/ > > All good fun, they look at least as legitimate as Steorn... > > When there is a pressing need which nobody can fill, people will come > crawling out of the woodwork claiming to have special magical knowledge > that allows them to fill the need. > > Love the story of the Papp submarine -- particularly the bit about the > plane tickets. > >
