Focault's pendulum could be used to extract energy from the rotation of the earth.
harry On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <[email protected]>wrote: > You're undoubtedly right. It makes me wonder if these simple newtonian > problems from dynamics 101 can be so > > mind blowing, what's the chances of analyzing these bizarre non-linear > maxwellian/relativistic/quantum mechanical kinds > > of problems. > > > > Hoyt > > > > *From:* Nigel Dyer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, February 9, 2014 10:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:: RAR gravity engine > > > > As I found out some years ago when I spent a couple of months on this, > whatever system you come up with, when you actually go through the maths it > comes up with the same answer, and that is that you cannot extract energy > from the rotation of the earth without reference to some external body. > You can come up with complicated systems that makes the maths more > difficult (our gyroscopes on railway tracks travelling between the pole and > the equator was particularly 'interesting' to analyse. I'm not sure that > 15 years later my brain is still up to it, that why I get my son to do it), > and that is what may have happened with the RAR machine. Its complexity > hides a mistake in the analysis of the forces and moments which made it > appear that it was possible to extract energy from the earths magnetic > field. > > Nigel > > On 09/02/2014 16:16, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. wrote: > > But if the shell is instead constrained inside a straight tube, the tube > would experience a lateral force and if allowed to move > > against an energy absorber, one could extract that energy. > > > > Hoyt > > > > *From:* David Roberson [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Sunday, February 9, 2014 8:35 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:: RAR gravity engine > > > > You make an excellent point Nigel. Even an artillery shell that has its > apparent path diverted by the coriolis effect is not given extra energy > from the earth, but instead travels in a free path. The earth rotates out > from beneath the original aim point. A similar process must be happening > to the air flowing due to wind. > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. > >
