it seems that Branly Coherer, that I played with when kid, is still unknown (yet another last theory, based on tunneling and percolation)... it was obsolete before understood.
2014/1/12 ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> > Man used fire for tens of thousands of years before he realized it was an > oxidation reaction > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <hoyt-stea...@cox.net > > wrote: > >> An analogy may be made with the development of steam engines -- They were >> built long before the science of thermodynamics was developed -ne, it was >> >> probably developed because of steam engines. >> >> >> >> After a few hundred people were killed with boiler explosions, strict >> requirements were instituted such as certifying boilermakers and requiring >> periodic >> >> hydrostatic testing of pressure vessels. >> >> >> >> >> >> List of boiler >> explosions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boiler_explosions> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* David Roberson [mailto:dlrober...@aol.com] >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 12, 2014 11:46 AM >> *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Basil Hiley Comments on Theoreticians and >> Experimental Science >> >> >> >> Axil, >> >> >> It is premature to worry about understanding how LENR operates. One day >> it might appear very simple and we wonder why we did not understand it >> earlier. >> >> One look at a microprocessor and you have to realize how complicated it >> is, but we know how to make them by the boat full now. My belief is that >> the same thing will happen with LENR, but with the exception that LENR is >> far simpler. The big concern that I have about LENR is whether or not it >> can be turned into a dangerous weapon. Again, it is premature to know the >> answer to this question, but that might be one reason why the government >> has seen it necessary to withhold funding since they know something that is >> not published. >> >> So for now, I think it is best to do our best to place this important >> technology into use. The complicated understanding will have to wait until >> later. My bet is that it is quite simple once you have the materials >> purified. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> <http://www.avast.com/> >> >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! >> Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. >> >> >
