1995.02.09 / Edward Lewis /  plasmoids and ball lightning
     
Originally-From: edward@uhuru.uchicago.edu (Edward Lewis)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion,sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: plasmoids and ball lightning
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 00:08:35 GMT
Organization: University of Chicago

(c) 1994 by Edward Lewis All Rights Reserved
December 22, 1994

	I have been posting articles about tiny ball lightning and
plasmoids for a while now.  In the December, 1994 issue of FUSION
TECHNOLOGY, Matsumoto reports about the observation of tiny ball
lightning in several cold fusion experiments, and he suggests that
people use nuclear emulsions.  Sufficient evidence of the production
of things that can be called "plasmoids" or tiny ball lightning is the
many kinds of plasmoid traces that Matsumoto has produced, and the
EB-filament paper by Nardi and Bostick et al.: V. Nardi, W. H.
Bostick, J. Feugeas, and W. Prior, "Internal Structure of
ELectron-Beam Filaments," Physical Review A, 22, no. 5, 2211
(November, 1980).  This is substantial proof, in my opinion.  Some of
the ring traces are very similar, and some of the other traces are
similar too.  I'd also like to suggest that people use nuclear
emulsions awith various kinds of cold fusion and plasmoid experiments.
Many of the plasmoids produced by electrolysis and discharge are the
same.  And people have known for a long time that plasmoids and
discharges are associated with neutron production.  They are the locus
of neutron production.



              (c) 1994 by Edward Lewis All Rights Reserved

        I've posted versions of this article several times on this
newsgroup since December of 1993; and I've posted several articles
about plasmoids and cold fusion on this newsgroup since January of
1993.  If anyone wants to reproduce or resend this article, get my
permission first.

                        PLASMOIDS AND COLD FUSION

        W. Bostick produced that which he called plasmoids by
discharging through electrodes.  Bostick wrote a paper that was titled
"Plasmoids" that was published in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in 1957(1).  He
may have been the first to apply this term to this phenomena.
According to Peratt, Bostick coined the term  In this paper, he had
already began to tell others about his speculation that galaxies and
the phenomena he produced were similar.  He compared the shapes and
the travel of these things.  He also speculated a little about the
identity of "particles."  He shows pictures of different kinds of
plasmoid shapes in the article and related these to different kinds of
shapes of galaxies.  Many people including Bostick, Alfven who is a
physics Nobel Prize winner, Peratt and Lerner have developed similar
astronomical theories that model the universe as plasmoids and that
can be said to be derivations or summarizations of the experimental
work of W. Bostick and others.  It has become evident that atoms can
be defined as plasmoids, especially as according to the phenomena
produced by Ken Shoulders.  It seems that there are many different
kinds of plasmoid phenomena.  The EVs that Ken Shoulders produced and
ball lightning may be classified as kinds of this general phenomena.
There is evidence that both plasmoids and ball lightning are
associated with neutrons, radioactivity, production of elements, and
excess radiation, and that they are a locus of this.

                Based on the phenomena that Matsumoto produced, the
traces, the pictures and descriptions of electrodes, the pictures of
stationary BL and corona-like phenomena, the visible BL-like phenomena
that he reports, and the sparks that he observed that left traces like
those produced during electrolysis and discharge, one may categorize
CF phenomena as tiny ball-lightning or plasmoids.  Important evidence
is the holes and trails on and in emulsions and electrodes that
Matsumoto produced by discharging and electrolysis, the holes in
electrodes that Liaw et al. produced, the holes in electrodes that
others produced, the empty areas in electrodes that are shaped liked
grains that Matsumoto and Silver et al. produced and the half-empty
grains that Matsumoto produced, and the holes and tunnels and trails
on and in electrodes that Silver produced.  The tunnels, round holes,
and trail-like marks are similar to those that are produced by ball
lightning phenomena, though ball lightning are associated with bigger
effects.  These tunnels, round holes, and trail-like marks are also
similar to those produced by the EV phenomena that K. Shoulders
produced.  Silver and his co-authors who published a paper in the
December, 1993 issue of FUSION TECHNOLOGY have reproduced the tunnels,
holes, and trail-like markings in metals that Matsumoto produced.
These tunnels, holes, and trail-marks are evidence of the conversion
and change of materials.  Important evidence that both CF phenomena
and substance in general are plasmoid phenomena is Matsumoto's
experience of the production of electricity by apparatus.  I suspect
that plasmoid phenomena such as electrodes and other materials may
convert to be bigger plasmoids and light and electricity.  EVs and
ball lightning are known to convert to light and electricity.  I think
that all substance can be identified as plasmoid phenomena.

        I suspect that the round holes in electrodes that Matsumoto
produced and the round holes and tunnels that Silver produced are due
to the boring of BL-like phenomena -- the substance was converted to
light, electricity or other kinds of plasmoids, I suspect.  And I
suspect that the grain-shaped voids or pits that they produced is
evidence of the conversion of the grain to light or electricity or of
the production of other kinds of plasmoids, though there may also be
the distortion of the grains or the dislocation of grains by
separation.  Some plasmoids are apparently able to travel through
materials, even if the plasmoids are very big.  The plasmoids that
Matsumoto has produced does this, and this is major evidence to
support my deductions.  Matsumoto has also shown pictures of sectioned
electrodes with what seem to me to be trail-like tracks, as if tiny
BL-like phenomena traveled inside and left tracks.

        Many other anomalous phenomena can be described as plasmoid
phenomena.  For example, superconductivity seem to be similar to the
phenomena of ball lightning traveling though materials such as
ceramics and glass without leaving holes or visible effects, yet ball
lightning may convert to an electrical surge after touching a wire or
it may convert to a bolt of lightning.  Also, sonoluminescence seems
to be a phenomena of the water converting to light and perhaps
electricity.  1)W. Bostick, "Plasmoids," SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 197, 87
(October 1957).

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1995.02.09 / Chris Parkinson /  RE: research on the Griggs device
     
Originally-From: parky@ix.netcom.com (Chris Parkinson)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: RE: research on the Griggs device
Date: 9 Feb 1995 02:49:17 GMT
Organization: Netcom

In <9502081630.AA22815@pilot1.cl.msu.edu> blue@pilot.msu.edu (Richard A Blue) 
writes: 

snip

>Th mystery to me is how anyone would see such a device as something
>likely to give reliable preformance in the long term.  My experience
>is that pressure regulators, flow controls, flow meters, and control
>valves are troublesome devices under the best of circumstances.  Add to
>that dirty water, cavitation, mechanical vibrations and steam and I
>see a system that is designed to keep the mantenance staff well employed.
>No wonder they like it!
>
snip
>Dick Blue
>
>

I can assure you that all the devices that you mentioned have worked for me and 
my staff at a rocket company formerly located at Edwards AFB.. We tested motors 
for 2 years under the harshest of conditions. Our flowmeters never once failed. 
Our pressure regulators and control valves were often left in the desert for days 
at a time before we reinstalled them on a new motor. Our pressure regulators 
often had to withstand 6000 psi N2 for days of 120 degree heat and nights down 
past 30 degrees. Maybe your devices and your test requirements are stringent to 3 
decimal places but I can tell you that with our custom designed data acq. system, 
we were able to overcome any variences that our straining tests put on the 
devices. Our data was good to 2.1 parts per million and over the entire two year 
test. Yes we had devices that failed but this was usualy due to over stressing 
the components past there specs. 

CP
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1995.02.09 / John Logajan /  Re: Ian's stored heat hypothesis
     
Originally-From: jlogajan@skypoint.com (John Logajan)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: Ian's stored heat hypothesis
Date: 9 Feb 1995 04:39:17 GMT
Organization: SkyPoint Communications, Inc.

Jorge Stolfi (stolfi@stack.dcc.unicamp.br) wrote:
: So, should we believe your estimates, or Jed's description?

You can examine the published photos directly in the issue of CFM.

: So we are left with only 10% aparent excess heat for ~10 minutes.

I earlier estimated 25kJ per degree F.  In the hot water test we have
at 68F delta, or 1.7MJ.  You estimate that the larger GG is (what?) five
times as large?  So that's 8.5MJ storage.

Now for 10 minutes the COP is approx 110%.  The measured input power during
this time is 65HP.  Since the COP is steady, the temperature must be steady,
and that means the system is in relative equilibrium with 65HP in and 65HP
out (in the form of warm water.)  If the system was not in equilibrium
the temperature would either still be climbing or falling. 

Since:
output.power = temp.delta * flow.rate
COP = output.power - input.power

The only way to get a steady COP is to have a steady temperature delta
*OR* to have a declining temperature delta with time tracking change
in another variable to offset the temp delta decline.  And the only way
to recover the stored heat is for the temperature to be declining
as the inflow flushes it through the sensors and/or accumulator.

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1995.02.09 /  dowen@vaxc.cc. /  Re: A CANTICLE FOR GRIGGS....Unlikely....
     
Originally-From: dowen@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: A CANTICLE FOR GRIGGS....Unlikely....
Date: 9 Feb 95 15:07:49 +1100
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

Hi folks, have a nice day :) .............
Ref the post (below), from Jorge Stolfi:
 
Just to keep the record straight Jorge, the full -quote- was....
 ...ultrasonics responsible for the "...*massive melting* that
    has occurred on the periphery of his Hydrosonic Pump aluminium
    rotors on several occasions..." (Ref 2). Prasad in (Ref1)
    also states....
(Ref 2) was to a post by Gene Mallove, so you would have to address
your question to him.  :) ........
 
In article <STOLFI.95Feb7233913@stack.dcc.unicamp.br>,
 stolfi@stack.dcc.unicamp.br (Jorge Stolfi) writes:
 --------------------------------------------------------------
---snip----
> 
> Amazing? Wait, there is more --- this miraculous coincidence happens
> with liquid water at 150F or dry steam at 320F and 80 psi,
> and with any size of pump and motor.
> 
>     > responsible for the "...*massive melting* that has occurred on
>     > the periphery of his Hydrosonic Pump aluminium rotors
> 
> May I ask how many kg of aluminum were melted in that event?
> 
> --stolfi
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jorge Stolfi | http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~stolfi | stolfi@dcc.unicamp.br 
----snip----
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1995.02.09 /  dowen@vaxc.cc. /  Re: Griggs Questions for Tom D.
     
Originally-From: dowen@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
Subject: Re: Griggs Questions for Tom D.
Date: 9 Feb 95 15:52:22 +1100
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

In article <1995Feb8.011747.20349@Princeton.EDU>, Robert F. Heeter
<rfheeter@princeton.edu> writes:
> 
> In article <1995Feb7.201035@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> ,
> dowen@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
>> So, we have a pump which, with a "normal" rotor (no holes), will
>> generate heat by means of hydro-friction with an efficiency of
>> somewhat >90%. So far so good, I have no problem with this.....
>> When holes are drilled in the rotor and the pump "tuned" by varying
>> the input water parameters (flow and pressure I believe, from one
>> of Jed's posts), the device generates ultrasonics which by some
>> -unknown- mechanism, are responsible for the approx 1.35:1 ratio of
>> heat output to AC power input.(This is the "over unity" gain.)
-----snip----- 
> was the ratio of heat output to *motor shaft power input*,
> not AC input.  Griggs corrects for the motor inefficiency
> by measuring with the dynamometer, right?

Yup, you are right, I wus wrong ......

> 
> Now, something no one has discussed here recently (at least 
> not to my knowledge, or within my memory) is this:
> 
> What do we know about the (presumed) ultrasonics?  
> Has anyone tried to measure them?   
> If so: 
>    How, and what were the results?  Why are they what
>    they are?  Do they tell us anything about the device? 
> If not: 
>    Why not?  Isn't this the alleged mechanism for
>    excess energy production?  Why haven't they been 
>    measured?  Why hasn't anyone reported an ultrasound 
>    spectrum along with the "excess heat" data?  Wouldn't 
>    the ultrasound travel through the housing? 

Yup again, the more thought I give to the Griggs device, the 
more enignmatic it appears to become. The possibilities outlined
in my post of the 8th Feb, "More Thoughts on the Griggs Device..."
are becoming more and more appealing to me. I want to do some
more reading on superfluidity, as this also may have a bearing on
Jed's observations. We may not have any new -nuclear- science here,
but the possibility of a new effect does seem promising....

> I think these are questions which, if not answered before
> Tom Droege's trip to Georgia, he might be interested in 
> asking.  It seems to me these are important questions
> which might influence one's desire to attempt a 
> replication.
> Now, back to pondering wave interactions with 
> charged fusion reaction products in TFTR...
-------snip------
> Robert F. Heeter, rfheeter@princeton.edu
> Maintainer of the Conventional Fusion FAQ
> Graduate Student in Plasma Physics, Princeton University
> As always, I represent only myself, and not Princeton!
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                                Regards to all,
				Daryl Owen.
				
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