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Anti-Gravity device works and is patented 01-31-2002 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:15:27 +0100 Lines: 601 Organization: Aeresion X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.flame.jesus.christ,alt.seduction.fast,comp.text.tex NNTP-Posting-Host: ipd54b80fa.olympus.planet.nl 213.75.128.250 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!master.news.hetnet.nl!news2.hetnet.nl Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16271 comp.os.linux.advocacy:219512 alt.flame.jesus.christ:74344 alt.seduction.fast:80332 comp.text.tex:43430 "GreyCloud" wrote in message news:3C9FDEFC.ACBC0C1@cumulus.com... > "Rev. Juust E.S. Out" wrote: > > > Why not use a van-de-graph generator??> > > Shall we make floating planes, MachineGhost ? > > > > If I remember correctly, Nicola Tesla was also an occult student, and had > > access to the Rig Veda. > > I have not heard of this part about Tesla. Well, have fun then, and don't lose your head. (I tried not to mention Philadelphia, it's like mentioning Hitler in a discussion :) Tesla, mercury, crystals, unified field, the occult. http://www.magna.com.au/~prfbrown/aether.html Nikola Tesla used ancient Sanskrit terminology in his descriptions of natural phenomena. As early as 1891 Tesla described the universe as a kinetic system filled with energy which could be harnessed at any location. His concepts during the following years were greatly influenced by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda was the first of a succession of eastern yogi's who brought Vedic philosophy and religion to the west. After meeting the Swami and after continued study of the Eastern view of the mechanisms driving the material world, Tesla began using the Sanskrit words Akasha, Prana, and the concept of a luminiferous ether [note : Einstein used the same terms in his Leyden speech ] to describe the source, existence and construction of matter. This paper will trace the development of Tesla's understanding of Vedic Science, his correspondence with Lord Kelvin concerning these matters, and the relation between Tesla and Walter Russell and other turn of the century scientists concerning advanced understanding of physics. Finally, after being obscured for many years, the author will give a description of what he believes is the the pre-requisite for the free energy systems envisioned by Tesla. "There manifests itself in the fully developed being , Man, a desire mysterious, inscrutable and irresistible: to imitate nature, to create, to work himself the wonders he perceives.... Long ago he recognized that all perceptible matter comes from a primary substance, or tenuity beyond conception, filling all space, the Akasha or luminiferous ether, which is acted upon by the life giving Prana or creative force, calling into existence, in never ending cycles all things and phenomena. The primary substance, thrown into infinitesimal whirls of prodigious velocity, becomes gross matter; the force subsiding, the motion ceases and matter disappears, reverting to the primary substance." - Nikola Tesla, 1907 ============ http://www.atlantisrising.com/issue10/ar10ancientavi.html In the Manusa, the most elaborate details for building aerial machines are set down. The Samarangana Sutradhara says that they were made of light material, with a strong, well-shaped body. Iron, copper, mercury and lead were used in their construction. They could fly to great distances and were propelled through air by motors. The Samarangana Sutradhara text devotes 230 stanzas to the building of these machines, and their uses in peace and war. In this book are described in 8 pregnant and captivating chapters, the arts of manufacturing various types of Aeroplanes of smooth and comfortable travel in the sky, as a unifying force for the Universe, contributive to the well-being of mankind. That which can go by its own force, like a bird, on earth, or water, or air, is called Vimana.' That which can travel in the sky, from place to place, land to land, or globe to globe, is called Vimana by scientists in Aeronautics. The ancient manuscript claims to give: The secret of constructing aeroplanes, which will not break, which cannot be cut, will not catch fire, and cannot be destroyed. The secret of making planes motionless. The secret of making planes invisible. The secret of hearing conversations and other sounds in enemy planes. The secret of receiving photographs of the interior of enemy planes. The secret of ascertaining the direction of enemy planes approach. The secret of making persons in enemy planes lose consciousness. The secret of destroying enemy planes. The India of 15,000 years ago is sometimes known as the Rama Empire, a land that was contemporary with Atlantis. A huge wealth of texts still extant in India testify to the extremely advanced civilization that is said by these texts to go back over 26,000 years. Terrible wars and subsequent earth changes destroyed these civilizations, leaving only isolated pockets of civilization. ======================== Tesla and Mercury. http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae324.cfm Mercury (atomic symbol Hg) is a liquid at room temperature. Finding large pools of the element is for all purposes impossible, and finding it in its native state is also fairly rare. The mineraloid is usually found in the ore cinnabar (HgS) where it must go through a heating and condensing process to be obtained. Mercury may also occasionally be found with Silver. Globally, mercury is most commonly "produced" in Spain, particularly from the Almaden mine which is known for its high quality mercury. It may also be obtained from Yugoslavia, the United States (mainly California), and Italy. ============== Mercury :Lunatics There are about 1,501,430,636,558,496,585,414 atoms in 0.5 grams of mercury. Each and every atom of mercury is able to disable an enzyme or other critical protein in your body. Over ten years, if the body fails to remove this mercury, a lot of damage can be done. Unfortunately, mercury has ways of "hiding in the body" and can be quite hard to remove. This 0.5 grams of mercury can produce a potential loss of 4,324,120,233,288,470,165,993,719,156,572 chemical reactions in your body. (Based on our lab example / over 10 years) 0.5 gram in a 180 lb. body produces a concentration of 6.168 PPM. Psychiatric Disturbances Social deficits, shyness, social withdrawal (1,2,130,131; 21,31,45,53,132 Repetitive, preservative, stereotypic behaviors; obsessive-compulsive tendencies (1,2,43,48,133; 20,33-35,132) Depression/depressive traits, mood swings, flat affect; impaired face recognition (14,15,17,103, 134,135; 19,21,24,26,31) Anxiety; schizoid tendencies; irrational fears (2,15,16; 21,27,29,31) Irritability, aggression, temper tantrums (12,13,43; 18,21,22,25) Lacks eye contact; impaired visual fixation (HgP)/ problems in joint attention (ASD) (3,36,136,137; 18,19,34) =============== Tesla was known for always dressing impeccably, and being quite solitaire. A hermit of sorts. Always wore a hat, hatmakers were known sufferers from mercury poisoning due to the use of buttons and application of mercury in hats. Possibly Tesla has been suffering from mercury poisoning, much like many people who have mercery amalgmate fillings in their mouth (which sometimes produces 'voices' in the head, much like our Good Friend Dore seems to be suffering from :) > > His research was confiscated and destroyed when he died, I believe. > > > > That much is true, especially in Serbia after WWII. > > > Hint : > > 230 crystal forms, 231 kaballah paths, 230 stanza's in the Rig Veda dealing > > with the creation of a floating air vessel, using lead, copper, iron and > > mercury. > > > > The usage of lead indicates radiation. Copper is used as a conductor/coil > > ( the snake). The usage of Iron is also mentioned in the bible and in the > > Qur'an, possibily for it's magnetic properties. > > > > Mercury, with it's rather volatile nature and connection with air > > (ionization ?), is specifically mentioned as a source of enormous power. You > > may want to check the effect of applying a magnetic field on mercury to > > create heat for propulsion and a local gravity field for levitation, using > > electricity derived from the air by using the appropriate crystals (like in > > a crystal radio). > > > > Look for the number 5 : > > Platonic solids > > Lattices (5dimensional crystals are not allowed) > > > > Related topics : > > Quantum converter (vogel crystal, based on zefiroth) > > Unified field & weak force > > Fifth dimension of good/evil > > Not sure what to make of this. But like I've posted else > where I was taught to not reject any ideas or leads, but to > shelve them until more information is handy. Where do you think "inspiration" come from ? Tunguska. On with Tesla, ebergy, magnetism and fields: http://www.luminet.net/~wenonah/new/tesla.htm It was a Pierce Arrow, one of the luxury cars of the period. The engine had been removed, leaving the clutch, gearbox and transmission to the rear wheels undisturbed. The gasoline engine had been replaced with a round, completely enclosed electric motor of approximately 1 meter in length and 65 cm in diameter, with a cooling fan in front. Reputedly, it had no distributor. Tesla was not willing to say who had manufactured the engine. It was possibly one of the divisions of Westinghouse. The "energy receiver" (gravitational energy converter) had been built by Nikola Tesla himself. The dimensions of the converter housing were approximately 60 X 25 X 15 cm. It was installed in front of the dashboard. Among other things, the converter contained 12 vacuum tubes, of which three were of the 70-L-7 type. A heavy antenna, approximately 1.8 meters long, came out of the converter. This antenna apparently had the same function as that on the Moray converter (see below). Furthermore, two thick rods protruded approximately 10 cm from the converter housing. Tesla pushed them in, saying "Now we have power." the motor achieved a maximum of 1,800 rpm. Tesla said it was fairly hot when operating, and therefore a cooling fan was required. For the rest, he said there was enough power in the converter to illuminate an entire house, besides running the car engine. The car was tested for a week, reaching a top speed of 90 miles per hour effortlessly. Its performance data were at least comparable to those of an automobile using gasoline. At a stop sign, a passerby remarked that there were no exhaust gases coming from the exhaust pipe. Petar answered "We have no motor." ============================ http://www.luminet.net/~wenonah/new/hudson.htm These arrangements, only possible with mono-atoms, are found uniquely in the transition group elements, which can remain stable and naturally in the monoatomic state. Mono-atoms of other elements, are unable to remain stable in the monoatomic state because they do not have "soft", and superdeformed nuclei, nor can they enter then, into the high spin state. Therefore, since there is not sufficient repulsion between atoms, they naturally aggregate and can only interact with each other in the three dimensions of the metal-metal bonded states, and will eventually grow into the cubic cluster size of thirty-three atoms or more. (See special case of copper below.) When many single atoms are proximate to each other in the monoatomic state, the screening potentials of each atom will now respond to an external applied magnetic field by joining and producing a phenomenon which allows the formation of a special magnetic field called a "Meisner field". This field has been observed in atoms of metals by researchers at two and three degrees Kelvin, i.e., at extremely cold temperatures, but these atoms will always return to a normal metallic state once the temperature is raised. Until Hudson's work, the Meisner field has never been seen in atoms at room temperatures. It has been extremely expensive to produce these atoms in this superconductive state with existing technology, and therefore not commercially viable. (This phenomena can be utilized to levitate vehicles capable of transporting humans or heavy loads with a minimum of energy. This phenomenon accounts for rapid train systems world wide, but their energy savings in propelling the vehicle are offset by the refrigeration costs of cooling their superconductors.) The Meisner field is a special magnetic field , that is unique. It has no North or South polarity. The magnitude of the Meisner field is determined by the amount of initially applied external magnetic field to the superconductor. Once activated, it acts as a protective barrier and resists any further entry of applied magnetic field into the sample. (When a sample absorbs a magnetic field, it can react paramagnetically, i.e., it will assume the identical magnetic qualities, or it can react ferromagnetically, i.e. it will orient itself to the magnetic field and return to its former state once the magnetic field is removed. With the Meisner field, the sample becomes perfectly diamagnetic, i.e., it will expel all magnetic fields. Magnetic fields, no longer absorbed, are forced to go around the sample, and the sample will be unaffected and keep its unique superconductive qualities.) ================== .... This effect is believed by Andre Sacharov, Harold Putoff and others to be caused by a universal energy , called Zero Point Vacuum Energy ( Super Light, Ether, Tachyons). It is the natural free energy of the vacuum which is the stimulus, which acts as a natural applied external magnetic field, and makes it possible for these, and only these, natural perfect superconductors to respond as they do. Indeed, these pure single element superconductors are extremely sensitive to external magnetic fields, and can respond to those of extremely low potential. A single element superconductor can respond to a magnetic field of 2 times 10 to the minus 15th (2-15) power ergs. (That is .0000000000000002 of 1 erg!) The earth's magnetic field is approximately 0.78 gauss. There are 10 to the 18th power (1018) ergs in a gauss. Therefore, these perfect superconductors will respond dramatically to the earth's magnetic field, as well as to fields surrounding the human body. (This is important to understand to explain their role in biological processes.) We now have individual atoms running in perfect unison with each other producing a quantal wave upon which energy can flow as long as the atom can derive its energy from the vacuum. Therefore, it is no longer necessary for a manmade system to keep the flow alive, i.e., in a superconductive state. ====================== Vogel built a crystal based on the structure of the Sefiroths, the Tree of Life, it's specifc crystal shape and structure does seem to be able to channel a small amount of 'chi'. http://www.vogelcrystals.com/quantumconverter.htm Through intuitively guided efforts, an instrument of quartz crystal was created with which experimental results could be replicated. The faceted crystal has the ability to cohere energy, unlike its unfaceted predecessor. These crystals can be duplicated precisely so that multiple crystals can be tested. Each crystal must, however, meet the exacting specifications. A simple physical copy of a Vogel-cutT crystal does not necessarily meet the required standards. This can be determined through the use of the Omega 5, a psychotronic instrument used for measuring extremely subtle energies. Many people have found themselves in possession of an imitation of a Vogel-cutT crystal and wondered why it doesn't function as expected. Although similar in appearance, it is not at all the same precision instrument. Beyond this, the most profound effect of the faceted crystal has to do with its relationship and resonance to water. A crystal that is faceted and tuned to the water molecule will hold a charge or information that when transferred to the body of person will link to the H2O molecule. This charge is stored within the interlattice space of the crystal. Because more than 75% of the physical body is water, the VogelT crystal, with its resonance with water, is the perfect delivery mechanism for the introduction of subtle energies to an individual. It was also thought that the various subtle energy bodies described in metaphysical literature are gradations of a field that is anchored to the physical body via the water molecule. The crystal is a quantum converter that is able to store and transmit energy in a form that has discreet biological effects. Our speculation is that because of the cohering capability of the Vogel-cutT crystal it can used to affect "reality" at the quantum or subatomic level. The imprint of thoughtforms or coding is stored on and within the particles or wave packets at the quantum level. This is most likely a resonant effect. The human body, on an energetic level, is an array of oscillating points that are layered and have a definite symmetry and structure at both the macro and micro dimensions =================== http://euch3i.chem.emory.edu/proposal/1e_new_system.htm ... In a similar way one can use 2D-Penrose Tilings to approximate a decagonal quasicrystal, which in a simple case consists of two layers with local 5-fold symmetry, which are rotated by 18 degrees so that the projection along the rotation axis gives a 10-fold symmetry. As stated above it is also possible to derive the vertices of such tilings using the nD-space approach (n>3). In this case we can obtain such a tiling by a projection of a nD periodic lattice (eg. hypercubic lattice). ======================== The announcement of 'a metallic phase with long-range orientational order and no translational symmetry' (Schechtman, 1984) may not seem like the kind of news that makes headlines, but it did in November of 1984. The reason being that for the first time there was direct evidence (in the form of a clear diffraction pattern) that five-fold rotational symmetry was present in an ordered solid state material. This observation is significant because it questions the definition of what a crystal is according to our current academic methods.... Five-fold rotation is forbidden for the same reasons that you cannot tile a plane with regular pentagons. They leave spaces or holes and cannot be arranged in a regular pattern. ======================= single grains of quasicrystals: (a) an Aluminum - Copper - Iron alloy which crystallizes in the shape of a dodecahedron. Its symmetry is the same as that of the icosahedron, with 20 faces of equilateral triangles. ======================= The IUCr commission on Aperiodic Crystals proposed a new definition in 1992: A crystal is any solid with an essentially discrete diffraction diagram.The symmetry of a crystal is implied by its diffraction image. Potential new mechanisms for space group organization Theorem 1.3 from Delone (Senechal): If the configuration of points about each point of an (r,R) system which lie within a sphere of radius Mn are congruent, then the system is regular. This allows us to use either a single lattice or the union of a finite number of translationally related lattices. If this general definition of a point set were adopted as a mathematical root, the classical and nonclassical crystals could be related. Alternatively, the derivation of the Bravais lattices can be restructured to include the icosahedral point group. Then the space groups can be derived again. =============== According to AL Mackay, there are four ways to include five fold symmetry in the crystallographic definition: 1. Hierarchy By systematically filling the gaps left in a pentagonal tessellation, we can create non periodic order. Penrose Tiling is an example of this. 2. Curved Space Reducing the coordination number from 6 to less than 6, Fuller was able to create the Gaussian curvature of his domes while retaining icosaheral symmetry. 3. Higher Dimensions N-dimensional crystallography has become highly developed over the last 10 years. It is typically visualized as projections on a plane. Quasi crystals "can be represented as three-dimensional shadows of higher-dimensional lattice structures" (p 10 Hargittai). Icoahedral Quasicrystals are periodic in 6 dimensions. 4. Abandonment of Atomicity Fractal structures with five fold axes everywhere require that atoms of finite size be abandoned. This is not a rational assumption to the crystallographers of the world, but the mathematicians are free to explore it. ===================== Plato originally proposed that the five perfect solids, when disaccociated and regrouped, would form the building blocks of all matter. There is still some truth to this, but his organization found little practical use as the centuries went by: Tetrahedron : Fire Octahedron : Air Cube : Earth Icosahedron : Water Dodecahedron : The Universe In the pentagram, the 'universe' is named 'spirit'. Spirit, unifying field, source. "Smells like teen spirit" =================== Iron, copper, mercury and lead. Lead being a radiation hull. Iron very receptive to magnetic fields, copper being a very strong conductor, and mercury, well, let's say mercury is a very explosive substance, which, when properly controlled and balanced can generate an enormous throughput of 'chi', by using the air as a medium between the earth energy (the base chakra) and the celestial energy (the top chakra), effectively erecting the snake through the copper (king cobra :), creating it's own center of gravity and using the magnetic property of iron to navigate using earth's magnetic fields. The heat can be vented much like ajet engine, adding jet propulsion to the whole system. The mentioning of a 'light' material could point to the usage of Aluminium as a base alloy to create the planes themselves, in which case I gladly refer to te usage of the abovementioned dodecahedron quasicrystal: Aluminum - Copper - Iron. ======================== Sourced from NEN, Vol. 4, No. 8, December 1996, pp. 1-7, this article presents an in-depth review of the more recent scientific controversy surrounding aether theory. This narration surrounds discussion of the history of the development of the Adams Motor and the Adams-Aspden Patent, one of the more renown Over-Unity devices. The author - Dr. Harold Aspden (See Article 38 below), has also published a book entitled Aetheric Science Papers, and the following extract might serve as an introduction to this new area of research: "If the aether delivers energy on loan to you and you use it to run the motor as the poles come together but refuse to give it back, then the aether has to replenish itself by taking power from its own vast pool of energy activity. It merely ripples to find a new level of equilibrium just as the sea will recover if you take a bucket of water from it. Eventually, that energy borrowed finds its way back to the aether as we spend it by generating heat radiation." Mercuric Sulfate (Mercury bisulfate) Use: Filling for galvanic batteries; with NaCl for extracting gold and silver from roasted pyrites; as a reagent for wine coloring, barbital, and cystine. Mercuric Thiocyanate (Mercuric sulfocyanate or sulfocyanide) Use: For ; intensifier in photography. Mercurous Chloride Use: Dark-green Bengal lights; calomel paper; mixed with gold in painting on porcelain; for calomel electrodes. Mercurous Sulfate Use: For making electric batteries; with zinc sulfate in the Clark standard cell and with cadmium sulfate in the standard Weston cell. ========= Mercury is added at even higher levels to marine paint for ships. The object here is to keep barnacles off the hull. The solvents used in these paints continues to "out-gas" for many months, and are very good at carrying mercury into the body via the respiratory tract. (Philadelphia side effect) ============== http://www.magna.com.au/~prfbrown/aether.html Article 10 - The Farce of Physics ... Bryan G. Wallace The following is a very short extract from one of the many chapters in this reference: "The translation of Einstein's 1905 special relativity paper [57 p.37] presented the argument that one could explain many electromagnetic actions by fundamental assumptions based on two postulates and that the "introduction of a "luminiferous ether" will prove to be superfluous", and his paper made no direct reference to the Michelson-Morley experiment or the work of Poincar� and Lorentz. On page 313 of Pais' book we learn that in 1920, after Einstein had become famous, he made an inaugural address on aether and relativity theory for his special chair in Leiden. In the address he states: The aether of the general theory of relativity is a medium without mechanical and kinematic properties, but which codetermines mechanical and electromagnetic events. So we finally find that relativity is an ether theory after all, and that this ether has arbitrary abstract contradictory physical characteristics! This illustrates the arbitrary nature of relativity, most physicists, and for that matter, most physics text books, present the argument that relativity is not an ether theory. On page 467 we find that near the end of his life, Einstein wrote to his dear friend M. Besso in 1954: I consider it quite possible that physics cannot be based on the field concept, i.e., on continuous structures. In that case, nothing remains of my entire castle in the air, gravitation theory included, [and of] the rest of modern physics. ======================== Article 11 - Aether Theory ... Frank Meno "As an alternative to the current unsatisfactory situation in physics and philosophy, I am proposing a new model of the aether to describe the physical reality. (Yes, aether, but this one is Lorentz invariant, and therefore the Michelson-Morley experiment does not invalidate its existence.) In this model the known extent of the physical universe is filled with the aether, which is a highly compressed very hot gas. The particles that make up this gas are called gyrons because the necessary physical properties of the aether emerge from the gyroscopic behavior of these fundamental particles that have a special identical oblong form. The length of each gyron is assumed to correspond to the Planck length which is 1.616 X 10(-35) meter. Thus, for example, the proton, with a size on the order of 10(-15) m, which is considered to be a rotational dynamic state in the aether, is of galactic proportion relative to the gyron. Thus, such entities as the electron and proton, that are currently termed "fundamental particles", are viewed as particular rotational flows (vortices) involving large numbers of gyrons. Due to the special shape of the gyrons, the aether, as a fluid, has very complicated properties that account for all such phenomena as charge, magnetism, spin, gravitation, and neutrinos. Photons and DeBroglie waves in turn correspond to spin and compressional waves in this fluid. - Frank Meno. ====================== Article 20 - Quantum fluctuations of empty space ... Stochastic Electrodynamics - Dr Harold Puthoff & others The following article provides an introduction to the work of Puthoff and others in relation to what is termed, in quantum physics, the zero point field or ZPF. It is interesting to note that the word "aether" is not mentioned in any of these works, but that the quantum physics term "zero point field" might easily be a general substitute for the concept in this context. These papers reference a branch of physics termed Stochastic Electrodynamics (or SED). A second ZPF article, originally published in THE SCIENCES, Vol. 34, No. 6, November / December 1994, pp. 26-31, and authored by Bernhard Haisch, Alfonso Rueda & H.E. Puthoff, provides a first glimpse of a postmodern physics, in which mass, inertia and gravity arise from underlying electromagnetic processes: "Our work suggests inertia is a property arising out of the vast, all-pervasive electromagnetic field we mentioned earlier, which is called the zero-point field (ZPF). The name comes from the fact that the field is held to exist in a vacuum-what is commonly thought of as "empty" space-even at the temperature of absolute zero, at which all thermal radiation is absent. The background energy of the vacuum serves as the reference, or zero point, for all processes. To understand how the ZPF might give rise to inertia, one must understand something about the nature of the field itself. Theoretical considerations indicate that the ZPF should be a background sea of electromagnetic radiation that is both uniform and isotropic (the same in all directions). Another article by Bernard Haisch and Alfonso Rueda, entitled The Quantum Broom Sweeps Clean, originally published in MERCURY, Vol. 25, No. 2, March / April 1996, pp. 12-15, deals with further research and theoretical considerations of the nature of the ZPF. Again, although the term aether is not locatable within the text, the concept of this Ocean of Energy is really in complete harmony with the metaphysical considerations of the aether. In this further article we read: The second theory is our proposed mechanism for inertia. Einstein's principle of equivalence tells us that inertial and gravitational mass are the same. If gravitation is electromagnetic, inertia must be, too. This implies a complete rethinking of what matter really is. The zero-point field is completely uniform for observers in uniform motion. But it is asymmetric for observers in accelerated motion. In 1994, we and Puthoff examined a phenomenon no one had thought to investigate before: how the magnetic component of the zero-point field interacts with matter during acceleration. The result was surprising, to say the least. The magnetic Lorentz force opposed acceleration with a strength that varied in direct proportion to the magnitude of the acceleration (see figure). It looked like a derivation of Newton's second law, F=ma, heretofore considered an underivable postulate." One final article, entitled Inertia theory - Magic roundabout, and authored by Paul Davies, on the meaning of Mach's principle, provides further commentary concerning the emergence of theory about the Zero Point Field, and its relationship to the common day experience of inertia: Fill a bucket with water, grab it by the handle and whirl it in an arc above your head. If you do it right, you will stay dry. A mysterious force seems to glue the water into the upside down bucket. Scientists are still unsure about where this force comes from. =========== Alan Pendleton presents an evolving compendium of issues surrounding the questionability of SR (Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity) which include some extremely interesting information, observations, commentary and analysis from many different sources. Perhaps one of the most interesting articles is entitled "The 20th century Michelson-Morley" in which the 1979 experiment of Brillet and Hall is examined with a critical eye by a number of parties. The following snippets appear from the 20th century Michelson-Morley page: "They also found a frequency shift of 17 Hz at twice the table rotation rate, which they could not explain, dependent on direction of the interferometer with respect to the lab. It is this effect which is predicted by an entrained ether theory. Brillet and Hall called it a "persistent spurious signal." And extracted from the work of Aspden (1981): "Interpreting the 17 Hz signal at the second harmonic of table rotation found by Brillet and Hall in relation to the laser frequency 8.85 x 10^13 Hz we find the ratio 1.92 x 10^-13 and, as this is 0.131(v/c)^2, we find that v/c is 1.21 x 10^-6, giving v as 363 m/s. If our theory is correct then, within the errors of measurement, this should be the west-east speed of earth rotation at Boulder, Colorado. Being at 40 N, Boulder has, in fact, an earth rotation speed of 355 m/s." =================