Dear Mr. Twigsnapper,
I may be playing it now very fast and very loose here, therefore please fasten your seat-belt and roll that newspaper together that you are so adept at using.
Sir Winston Churchill - do you know that the first seminar-paper I ever wrote in my life was in primary school and it was about him?
I was inspired of writting a paper on him by an abridged version of " The Second World War" that I found in my grandfather's small private library.
I have always been a history buff, but the book was somehow too much for a 12 year old. Still I read it all and was very moved.
And then later I often read Churchill's quotes or listened to his speeches. He was one of the most if not the MOST BRILLIANT ORATOR OF OUR AGE. And do you remember how he pronounced the word "Nazis" with a prolonged snarrling r? I heard he did it intentionally.
I also noticed that Churchill was greatly inspired in his practice of oratory by the New York Congressman Bourke Cockran who told him that he should speak like a church organ - with thundering and rolling voice making ample use of phrases.
But enough of my memories.
Let me address the most salient points of your post.
Mr. Twigsnapper wrote:Of course the “ oyster shell” has probably been lost to history ( designed by a friend of Wrights, a fellow by the name of Graham) and of course its wonderful air cleaning system was not to be mentioned again either. Of course it was able to find a way to bubble to the surface Perhaps someday too the entire history of it too will bubble upward.
Ah, such a multi-layered beauty from your side and I do hope I will not ruin it with my loose and fast driving.
When thinking of the air purifying system I am always reminded of negative ions. This further stimulates my memory in the direction of Dr. Brown and his modified Fan described in his Preliminary Patent Application from 1978 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Producing Ions". Here an interesting excerpt:
Dr. Brown wrote:The applicant's prior patents Nos. 2,949,550 and 3,518,462 describe method and means for producing a flow of air without moving parts. They may be termed "motorless" fans which are "noiseless." This is highly desirable where a circulation of air in a room is desired. Ion generators (for the production of negative ions alleged to be beneficial to health) do not tend to circulate in the manner of an air flow but migrate outward from the generator largely in the form of a localized ion "cloud." Hence, ion generators in the existing art are seriously limited as to their effective range. The purpose of the present invention is to combine air circulation with ion emission so as to improve range. To accomplish this, the present patent application proposes the addition of an electrostatically charged grid (ionizing electrode) to the motorless fan (as described above) to inject ions into the (effluent) air stream. The present invention, therefore, is an extension of the aforementioned patents in combination with a (downstream) ion-emitting grid. As such it performs a new and useful function - that of emitting ions into a rapidly-moving airstream.
Now, please bear in mind that this is just an association and nothing more! Just my reaction of reading about the invention of Peter Wright's friend Graham. I will try to find out more on Mr. Graham. On the other hand and this is really a wild speculation Graham may simple be one of Dr. Brown's codenames. In case not, then Graham might have been a close collaborator of Dr. Brown.
Negative ions and pure air. And these little fellows (negative ions) do not just purify the air, but also ENERGIZE IT reducing fatigue and increasing concentration. They are probably also many other subtle effects.
Now let us get to the pearl in the oyster. No matter how far fetched this may seem, Pearl Harbor comes to mind and Peter Wright was related to it.
Chapter 63: The Mole, the Bug and the Prairie Chicken wrote:The unit that was found at Pearl,” our sources add, “was found because the Caroline Group had access to one of the latest detection devices developed by the Services Electronic Research Lab” — a British electronics firm that was formed under the direction of MI5 operative Peter Wright (who also had a hand in the construction of the midget submarines that tried to sink the German battleship Tirpitz in the straits of Norway during World War II).
Another thing comes to my mind - something that I have been asking myself for a long time already. Why did Dr. Brown keep his sidereal radiation detector at the volcano on Oahu for all those years:
Chapter 80: Avalon wrote:Dr. Brown and Josephine were living on Catalina (again) in 1978 when Dr. Brown started talking about moving to Hawaii. He already had one of his sidereal radiation detectors installed in an the lava tubes of an extinct volcano on the island of Oahu.
AND WHY DID HE KEEP THE SIDEREAL RADIATION DETECTOR IN THE LAVA TUBES (BECAUSE OF THE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE IN VOLCANIC ROCKS - BASALT AND GRANITE ARE BOTH OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN, RIGHT?) WHY OAHU?
What comes here to mind is the fact that the researchers of neutrinos Reines and Cowan established laboratories in salt- and gold-mines in order to capture PURE and UNCONTAMINATED neutrino-streams that are not "polluted" by other particles that cannot enter into such depths.
Now, I know that neutrinos might be a red herring. The situation here is very, very tricky and I have to be really careful.
By the way, what do you say about Arthur Koestler? What is your opinion?
The above words regarding Pearl Harbor, Peter Wright and Oahu were made as a response to your references of the "four meeting points".
The canditates for where the four points meet are in my opinion:
a.) Hawaii - by the way, do not forget that Huna is Hawaiian (and keep in mind Mr. Freedom and all those pesky Berbers riding Strabo's horses, will you?). Mr. Kitselman was very much into Huna, besides being a lover of Sanskrit.
Something else. It was said that Dr. Brown moved to Hawaii, because he was concerned about the dangers of an atomic explosion and Hawaii would be the safest place in the U. S., because it was surrounded by the ocean and very far away from land in each direction.
Might it be possible that he chose Hawaii, because it's isolation would be especially beneficial for studying sidereal radiation due to the reason that no influence from the mainland could easily reach the islands? The readings would therefore be very pure and "uncontaminated".
Or was it because of the special geometric nature of the island and due to the fact that they are positioned on a special point in the grid?
Or are both reasons valid?
b.) Catalina - Dr. Brown did not move there just, because of the nice weather and the photo in chapter 80 shows him collecting rocks on Pebbly Beach, Catalina Islands in 1980.
There must have been something special there on those Islands. Some special rocks and other things.
Finally let me finish this wild ride with the following. Might it be possible that even Dr. Brown's burial place was not choosen by him simply, because of the beautiful view, but because of something else?
You see, in old China it was very important how you chose the correct burial place. Mr. Twigsnapper do you know how the Chinese art of feng-shui (風水) started? Exactly with the concerns on how to find the most optimal burial place for one's ancestors, because this would ensure continuig prosperity for the descendants. Other uses are just extrapolated application from this.
Feng-shui literally means "wind and water". Mr. (Kevin) B. you talked about water, rocks, electric discharges and the healing properties of the rocks! Mr. B. where are you? We need you here.
Mr. Mikado wrote about the permeability of minerals, which prompted you Mr. Twigsnapper to make your post about limestones.
Mr. Twigsnapper wrote:Grass ... and limestone ... and underground springs.... that combination helps create ( along with their natural abilities) some of the finest racehorses in the world.
Fred..... you talked about recognizing the winning horse in a race. I wonder if there are places in upstate New York for example which are " aligned" properly for certain foals to realize their fullest potential? If it might be that children respond the same way to this influx of ... whatever it is that we are talking about here....( I will use Morgans "stuff") ... then as a horseman interested in such things I would be interested in finding the most optimum pasture to raise my foals?
Anyone wonder why Dr. Brown collected rocks from all over the world? Anyone think that was merely random? Anyone want to bet that he didn't have the exact location already plotted? " Where the four points meet" he said. twigsnapper
Please Sir give us an additional nudge and tell us about places in upstate New York!
AM