A place to engage extended discussions of things that come up on the ttbrown.com website. Anything goes here, as long as it's somehow pertinent to the subject(s) at hand.
Paul S. wrote:In this case, apparently, "vowel confusion."
MY research indicates that the man spelled his name "Cornillon."
And since my source is the man himself and his family, I think we're gonna have take that one for, umm, pardon the expression... gospel.
--PS
I'm so happy we got that straightened out!
But regardless of the spelling, these names do much of the telling, including that "Teller" of Manhattan Project fame!
All wrapped around the enigma of T. Townsend Brown.
Fred a.k.a.
FM - No Static At All
'The only reason some people get lost in thought is because its unfamiliar territory.' http://fixamerica-fredmars.blogspot.com/
Rotating fluids that are perturbed tend to form columns parallel to the axis of rotation called Taylor columns [mit.edu], after G.I. Taylor [harvard.edu]. On the Earth, these are sometimes seen over seamounts [washington.edu] in the oceans, and back when people assumed that Jupiter had a surface, it was hypothesized that the Great Red Spot was a taylor column over an obstruction on the surface below. This now seems highly unlikely, as a solid surface seems highly unlikely. Some more theory is here [google.com].
A Taylor column is a feature of the coriolis effect. It was named after Geoffrey Ingram Taylor. Rotating fluids that are perturbed tend to form columns parallel to the axis of rotation called Taylor columns.
In a rotating fluid a strongly buoyant ball (such as a pingpong ball) will rise to the surface only slowly. Fluid that is shifted from its position in the rotating system tends to be pushed back to the point it is shifted away from, the faster the rotation rate, the smaller the radius of the inertial circle.
In a non-rotating fluid the fluid parts above the rising ball and closes in underneath it, offering relatively little resistance to the ball. In a rotating fluid the ball needs to push up a whole column of fluid above it, and it needs to drag a whole column of fluid along beneath it in order to rise to the surface.
A link between speed of rotation of a body and its rate of ascent in a fluid medium...
Going on a journey, somewhere far out east
We'll find the time to show you, wonders never cease
"A rotating fluid has a specific kind of rigidity, it does not quite act like a fluid anymore."
What then, does it act like, if not " quite " a fluid?
Bubbles coming to the surface over seamounts huh. Cosmic haha. Linda
Nate, Linda,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thixotropic wrote:Thixotropy is the property of some non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluids to show a time-dependent change in viscosity; the longer the fluid undergoes shear stress, the lower its viscosity.
<SNIP>
Some fluids are anti-thixotropic: constant shear stress for a time causes an increase in viscosity or even solidification. Constant shear stress can be applied by shaking or mixing. Fluids which exhibit this property are usually called rheopectic. They are are much less common.
So examples of rheopectic fluids include gypsum pastes and printers inks. Printers ink (black) contain high concentration of carbon particles (soot). So if there is a rotating fluid like a rheopectic fluid, it could literally solidify. If there were enough gypsum particles (found in cement) in water to form a paste, it could exhibit this characteristic. It could also exhibit this characteristic to a lesser degree in lower concentrations too, although there may be a certain concentration threshold that needs to be exceeded before these effects will manifest.
MagicBill
Speeding through the Universe, thinking is the best way to travel ...
"A rotating fluid has a specific kind of rigidity, it does not quite act like a fluid anymore."
What then, does it act like, if not " quite " a fluid?
Bubbles coming to the surface over seamounts huh. Cosmic haha. Linda
Liquid Crystal? Sort of a definition for that elusive aether.
The seamounts are deep sea subways.
Fred a.k.a.
FM - No Static At All
'The only reason some people get lost in thought is because its unfamiliar territory.' http://fixamerica-fredmars.blogspot.com/
FM No Static At All wrote:
Liquid Crystal? Sort of a definition for that elusive aether.
The seamounts are deep sea subways.
Liquid crystal? Perhaps, but probably not. The rheopectic fluid would have to freeze into a crystalline pattern. Unless there is an applied voltage to align the ions, I doubt if the rheopectic fluid would freeze into a liquid crystal. It would be more like an epoxy freezing up.
MagicBill
Speeding through the Universe, thinking is the best way to travel ...
If a batch of epoxy resin was mixed up and put into a shallow tray to set, and a voltage was applied "sideways across" the tray to align the atoms in the mixture, would it make a "better" insulator?. Or because it is already an insulator it would make no difference at all?
arc
I do not believe our destiny lays beneath our feet... it lays beneath the stars
If a batch of epoxy resin was mixed up and put into a shallow tray to set, and a voltage was applied "sideways across" the tray to align the atoms in the mixture, would it make a "better" insulator?. Or because it is already an insulator it would make no difference at all?
arc
Arc,
You just described an "electret." Typically they are heated to semi liquefy the material and then high voltage (HV) DC is applied and then the solid is allowed to cool while still applying the HV. I guess you could try it with the epoxy while still in a liquid state and allowed to set while maintaining the HV field.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectric#Some_practical_dielectrics wrote:Specially processed dielectrics, called electrets (also known as ferroelectrics), may retain excess internal charge or "frozen in" polarization. Electrets have a semipermanent external electric field, and are the electrostatic equivalent to magnets. Electrets have numerous practical applications in the home and industry.
In the case of an electret, the atoms of the dielectric are aligned (as a sort of crystalline solid), thus storing a permanent charge. I would venture to say an electret might be considered the 'permanent magnet' of dielectrics. We have talked about this before.
I believe Dr. Brown was investigating this with this in conjunction with his petrovoltaic research. He used carnauba wax in his formulations.
MagicBill
Speeding through the Universe, thinking is the best way to travel ...
Thanks, I will read up some more on this. I was/am wondering about its potential use to modify a dielectric and specifically would it raise the k value? or could it "enhance the effect", or could multiple layers be arranged like plywoods opposing granular structure?. I hadnt thought of the potential to trap a magnetic field inside it?? this could be interesting.
Off topic for a comment; Does anyone know what happened to the Professor who was going to be charged for revealing information in the electrical nature of effects on charging and 'boundary layer" studies he was doing, there is just so much stuff out there on the net that it would be a travesty for him to carry the brunt of a point of law because someone wants to "make a point". A quick hunt finds things like
Miss Brown,
Here is another "Aha!" moment for you!
John Ernst Worrell Keely Keely is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
Read about Keely at http://fu.fi/~esa/merlib/?q=node/5064
Fred a.k.a.
FM - No Static At All
'The only reason some people get lost in thought is because its unfamiliar territory.' http://fixamerica-fredmars.blogspot.com/
Fred, I may never have mentioned this online but I think that particular cemetery " presented " itself to Paul and me while we were visiting Bala Cynwyd one year. I was trying to wander around so that I could find my bearings on where " Building Number Four" used to stand in the Decker complex. I found the abandoned road to the top of the hill, where the guard house used to stand and could figure from my memory how many paces away the building was in the sixties but of course it was a parking lot now. Still the large trees had been preserved and the spot was actually quite beautiful without the building there. But getting back .... Paul and I got a little lost I think driving around and ended up in a local and older cemetery. I was searching for Eldridge Johnsons gravesite .... we talk so much of " Caroline members" ..... Paul ... do you remember what you had just said? " Oh. finding that one place will be nearly impossible" and suddenly a gentleman appeared who took great interest and pride in escorting us personally to the family plots. I could be wrong but I believe that it must have been West Laurel Cemetery.
So Fred. I guess thats the second ah ha moment.
And maybe its because the Halloween costumes are all around but I have been thinking how strange it is that this particular time of the year is considered a time when the dividing lines between this dimension and others is supposed to blur just a bit. I am not fond of all of the images of skeletons and monsters and headstones but there is a certain beauty to the idea of somehow being closer to those " On the other side"
I may never have mentioned this but one of Morgans strange quirks was that he generally would spend quite a bit of time in older cemeteries. I always felt that he somehow could feel a connection with the folks who had gone before. He admitted to me once that he felt "close" to the families named on these weather beaten stones. I stood with him once in the very early morning at perhaps the oldest cemetery in Pauls hometown. It wasn't even dawn yet and we had walked across a field from the spot where Morgans chopper had landed. I guess the object was to rendezvous with my little red car .... which someone else had driven through the night .... oh... too long a story to tell here ... but in any case ... there were a few minutes before we were to go our separate ways again ... so we walked in that cemetery and he stopped suddenly at a marker with the name FINCH on it. It was as if Morgan suddenly knew that person .... a young girl who died of illness ,He told me how hard her family tried to save her and how much the land in this area meant to them ... and how they vowed that they would never leave ... because she was buried there .... then suddenly he came back to the conversation with me, as if a page had been turned.
When the debate recently was held in Nashville a woman stood up and announced her name. Her last name was Finch, and I had to smile. the third ah ha. Linda
And then there is this list.....<g> . We were right about this place
BALA CYNWYD – Alexander Haig former secretary of state was born here in 1924. (Bala Cynwyd is part of Philadelphia).
u Buried here in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery are:
– David Hayes Agnew, surgeon. He attended President James Garfield after he was shot in 1881.
– Cyrus Curtis, founder of The Ladies Home Journal.
– John Dorance Sr. While working for the Campbell Soup Company, he invented method of producing concentrated canned soup.
– Dave Garroway, host of The Today Show in the 1950s. He committed suicide in 1982.
– Anna Jarvis, founder of "Mother's Day."
– Eldridge Johnson, inventor. Founder of the Victor Talking Machine Co. He also invented a spring-driven motor for phonographs,
– Benjamin Shibe, co-owner of the Philadelphia Athletics.
– John Batterson Stetson. He created the western "Stetson" 10-Gallon Hat.
How strange it is..... from Stetson hats to phonograghs... to Mothers Days ... to the early show in the fifties. Amazing what you can learn even without the ability to turn from one dimensional page to another! Linda
