Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: Special thanks should be accorded to Dennis Cravens for his openness and the > great detail of information which he has provided on a most important > experiment. He deserves a big award for this work . . .
Yes! It is a fine paper. I copied it to LENR-CANR.org. Such an elegant demonstration! This is my favorite kind of experiment: one based on first principles without depending on instruments. Martin Fleischmann also liked this kind of thing, such as his boil-off tests. A experiment with lots of instruments yields more useful information, which I suppose is needed for a theory. You need both kinds, but this is sweet. I just read the paper again. . . . I noticed something on the first page that relates to the Defkalion fiasco. Maybe I should let bygones be bygones, but to keep the historical record clear, note that it says: "Two weeks before NI Week, in conjunction with ICCF18, Defkalion did a live Internet demonstration where they claimed they produced 4 kW of heat out from 1 kW of electrical power. In other words, you get four times energy savings with their device, if true. However, there seems to be questions about some of their water flow and magnetic field measurements." I recall hearing about that from various sources. As you see from the tone here, Dennis thought this was an honest mistake of some sort. So did I. I figured it was nothing to get excited about. People make mistakes during demonstrations. The Gamberale report makes me think it was more sinister. - Jed
