Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
>
>>On 01/20/2011 01:29 AM, Harry Veeder wrote:
>>Would weighing the entire apparatus before and after reveal >>a concealed
>>chemical reaction?
>
>
>I don't think so. The sort of reaction proposed here replaces >the reactants
>with solid "ash", which remains on the spot, so >the weight of the apparatus
>won't change.
>
> Really, what's needed is for the observers to be able to see
> inside the thing -- that, by itself, certainly would not reveal the > nature
> of
>the 'secret ingredient'. Absent this sort of deception, > there's no obvious
>reason for Rossi not to allow it.
>
> If the reactor has, indeed, been inspected by someone other
> than Rossi, before and after the run, that would be very good > to know!
What about odors?
Could you easily contain all the smell of burning thermite
or burning magnesium?
If he did burn something I bet he would have destroyed several vessels before
he
got it to work to just right.
Harry
Harry
