Re: Heat Pipe Power Generator

2005-06-15 Thread Frederick Sparber
According to this ion counter sales pitch:http://www.trifield.com/air_ions.htm "In general, for every 3x1013 water molecules that evaporate, one water molecule carries an excess ( - ) charge." IOW,one electroncharge transported for a billion water molecules evaporated, puts about 1.6e-10

RE: coil blues

2005-06-15 Thread John . Rudiger
There is more to the theory of Sacred Geometry than the sceptics give credit to. It has been held in high regard and used by many cultures through history. Modern Mainstream Science has much to relearn about our world. John -Original Message- From: Nick Reiter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Loopy field lines

2005-06-15 Thread RC Macaulay
Grimer wrote One can rush in and utter terrible heresies in all innocence. Many a true word is spoken in jest. What is amazing is the stimuli stirred by such. For example, The main vortex cone produced in our glass water test tank by the high rotational speed of a distributor sheds mini

Re: Loopy field lines

2005-06-15 Thread Merlyn
UM... There shouldn't be ANY magnetic field associated with a capacitor unless it is undergoing charge or discharge. A magnetic field is (traditionally) assumed to be created by a moving charge. In a capacitor there are no moving charges present in the space between the plates, that is what

Re: Loopy field lines

2005-06-15 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Merlyn wrote: UM... There shouldn't be ANY magnetic field associated with a capacitor unless it is undergoing charge or discharge. A magnetic field is (traditionally) assumed to be created by a moving charge. It's typically said that a moving charge _or_ a changing E field flux (Maxwell's

Space Elevator Progress

2005-06-15 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.nanotech-now.com/UTDallas-release-06112003.htm Nanotechnology researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have announced a breakthrough in spinning carbon nanotube composite fibers that are tougher than any reported polymer fiber made

Re: Space Elevator Progress

2005-06-15 Thread Harry Veeder
Terry Blanton wrote: http://www.nanotech-now.com/UTDallas-release-06112003.htm Nanotechnology researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have announced a breakthrough in spinning carbon nanotube composite fibers that are tougher than any

New Search Engine

2005-06-15 Thread Terry Blanton
Some friends have started: http://www.use.com for the way Google used to be. It's not public yet. Check it out. Feedback welcome.

Re: Space Elevator Progress

2005-06-15 Thread Terry Blanton
From: Jed Rothwell But is it strong enough for a space elevator? First you must make the thread, then weave the fabric. One of the disciplines at my alma mater is Textile Engineering. Amazing and fascinating engineering work!

Re: Re: Space Elevator Progress

2005-06-15 Thread Terry Blanton
From: Harry Veeder What about as way of converting solar energy into electrical energy right here on Earth? There is some new research on polymer solar cells which work like a flat panel display only in reverse. No Si involved. I'm trying to find some more information on them.

Re: Space Elevator Progress

2005-06-15 Thread Terry Blanton
From: Jed Rothwell But is it strong enough for a space elevator? The article does not say. The article is also two years old. That's what I get for not checking the year. sigh

Polymer Solar Cells

2005-06-15 Thread Terry Blanton
(This one *is* current {doh!}) http://www.nanotechweb.org/articles/news/4/6/9/1 Solar cells light up with water-soluble polymer 14 June 2005 Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University, US, have made bilayer heterojunction solar cells from a water-soluble thiophene polymer and a

Re: Electrospray Ionization (ESI)

2005-06-15 Thread William Beaty
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Frederick Sparber wrote: Bill Beaty wrote: Frederick Sparber wrote: Bill. Wouldn't the water vapor (or the O2 which has a high electron affinity) in the air flowing over the red hot hair dryer heating element cause the loss of electrons to the air stream?

Re: Space Elevator Progress

2005-06-15 Thread Terry Blanton
From: Jed Rothwell Clarke predicted it would take a couple hundred years. He has shortened his estimate by a factor of 10: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/48/2 (see caption) This seems to be the hottest thing going on the subject: http://www.elevator2010.org/site/index.html

Re: Electrospray Ionization (ESI)

2005-06-15 Thread RC Macaulay
Bill Beaty wrote.. "so the Triboelectric Series for cotton touchingRayon (etc.) does not apply. That's how "anti static dryer sheets" work" Interesting instructions given in Exodus and Leviticus regarding the garments to be worn by the high priest.. linen with gold adornments. No wool or

Sign MOVEON petition: NPR, PBS vote is TOMORROW -- help reach 400,000 signers (fwd)

2005-06-15 Thread William Beaty
Original Message Dear MoveOn member, You're incredible. In less than a day, we've blown past our goal--more than 300,000 of us have signed the petition to save NPR and PBS from losing public funding. This is huge, but we need your help. Tomorrow, the House Appropriations

Re: Polymer Solar Cells

2005-06-15 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Terry Blanton wrote: Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University, US, have made bilayer heterojunction solar cells from a water-soluble thiophene polymer and a nanocrystalline titanium dioxide layer. The fabrication process was environmentally friendly because it did

Re: New Search Engine

2005-06-15 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Terry Blanton wrote: Some friends have started: http://www.use.com for the way Google used to be. It's not public yet. Check it out. Feedback welcome. I'm puzzled. I checked it out, expecting to find a partly populated database, but the search engine appears to be riding on the

Italian cd politicing

2005-06-15 Thread Steven Krivit
Jed, Just cause I like to be meticulous about facts I got this info today from an Italian journalist.. The debate of 23 june is organised by italian party Forza Italia ( Berlusconi); it will be held not at the Senate, but at Hotel Bologna wich became recently a pubblic hall linked with the