Yes, in the article Feynman describes the grisly scene after the explosion. He speculates the explosion was planned but a wikipedia entry says the police investigation did not find any evidence of explosives or intentional wrong doing on the part Papp.
harry On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:38 AM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > There was a man killed in this explosion. > > Either Feynamnn was guilty of manslaughter or Papp was guilty of > manslaughter. > > Neither ever got his day in court. > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> FYI Feynman on the Papp engine and explosion >> >> http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/comments/papparticle2.html >> >> Originally published in LASER, Journal of the Southern Californian >> Skeptics >> >> quote << The engine started to go around, and there was a bit of >> disappointment: the propeller of the fan went around quietly without >> the noise of an ordinary engine with powerful explosions in the >> cylinders, and everything- it looked very much like an electric motor. >> >> Mr. Papp pulled the plug from the wall, and the fan propeller >> continued to turn. 'You see, this cord has nothing to do with the >> engine; it's only supplying power to the instruments,' he said. Well, >> that was easy. He's got a storage battery inside the engine. 'Do you >> mind if I hold the plug?' I asked? 'Not at all,' replied Mr. Papp, and >> he handed it to me. >> >> It wasn't very long before he asked me to give me back the plug. 'I'd >> like to hold it a little longer,' I said, figuring that if I stalled >> around enough, the damn thing would stop. >> >> Pretty soon Mr. Papp was frantic, so I (Richard Feynman) gave him back >> the plug and he plugged it back into the wall. A few moments later >> there was a big explosion>> end quote >> >> >> >> Harry >> >
