On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:54 AM, William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Harry Veeder wrote: > >> If theory predicted that it should run for x hours but instead ran >> much longer would it qualify as a true FE device? >> > > If it runs far longer ...then it merely supplies a more precise method for > measuring the actual energy provided by your magnets! :) "Experimenter's > Regress," where experiments force alteration in theory, but where theory > forces alteration in interpretation of experiments. > > Anyhow, I wonder how difficult it would be to *engineer* a magnet motor > which drives itself against friction and runs for awhile before weakening > its own magnets? Something with low friction so it could operate for > significant time? What would such a device look like? > > Probably like the Takahashi Motor: http://www.world-enlightenment.com/OCR/Takahashi-Motor-Article/Takahashi-Motor-Article.htm Which was installed in the Sciex Motor Scooter that our own Chris Tinsley used to jaunt about London. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6954019.html T