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Re: Conservation of angular momentum, Foucault Pendulum and 'free energy'.
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News wrote:
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> Look at the story of Eric Laithwaite.
> http://cgi.bbc.co.uk/history/histor...aite_eric.shtml
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> "His curiosity pricked, Laithwaite spent the next few years immersed in the
> world of gyroscopes. He gradually convinced himself that they did break
> known scientific laws and might be a new source of power. He decided to make
> this the subject of his prestigious Faraday Lecture at the Royal Institution
> in 1973.
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> He brought with him an array of gyroscopes, including one weighing 50lb that
> he spun up and raised effortlessly above his head with one hand, claiming it
> had lost weight and so contravened Newton's third law. The world of science
> was scandalised. For the first time in its history, the Royal Institution
> failed to publish the Faraday Lecture and Laithwaite's nomination for a
> Fellowship of the Royal Society was cancelled."
I saw those lectures on TV. I never could figure out why he was not
made a member of the RI.
--
Malc
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