In telepolis there is a nice article about a mechanic who has developed a perpetual motion machine, so to speak.
The strange inventions of John Keely (1827-1898)
Is it possible to build an engine fueled with a liter of water can carry a train across hundreds of miles? The 1827-born American John Keely pretended to be able to develop such a miracle machine. He became one of the most successful fraudsters history of technology.
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until 1875 Keely built in his workshop in Philadelphia six different machines. They wore such beautiful names as spherical motor, hydraulic motor, independent Flugrad, conversion engine, Multiplier, automatic water and hydro-pneumatic pulsating vacuum lifter machine (some had the same machine several names). All units have in common is that they moved without apparent drive. Yet melodious were the explanations that Keely was ready for his alleged inventions. The spherical motor, he said, working, because he had "taken ether caught" the. As ether is described in the 19 Century, a supposedly ubiquitous, invisible material. Today we know that this material exists.
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But this was soon clear that Keely had cheated, because some of the devices contained a spring drive. More success Burk and Scott had that examined not the machines, but the now empty house Keely. Two floors below the projection room, they found a machine that compressed air produced by a hose and they gave up. In addition, the two magnets found in the walls. Keely's machines proved to be a collection of spring, compressed air and solenoid-operated devices - from an energy miracle no trace.
Lustig whole history, just what has to do with the present?
to the people who Keely kept even after his death, the faithful, was the philosopher and educator Rudolf Steiner. This is best known as the inventor of the Waldorf schools. 1906, when the entire hoax was already revealed, "Steiner said:" Perhaps you know that Keely has constructed an engine that was only when he was there he has to the people shown us nothing, for he had in himself that the driving force. the proceeds from the soul and mechanics can set in motion. "
has Amazingly, John Keely still some followers. These are mainly persons who deal with the issue of free energy and believe in endless energy sources. There is the KeelyNet organization that still believes in the ideas of its namesake, the scientific support of outsiders has taken up the cause. In their view, there is no evidence that Keely was a fraud. The evidence found after his death, they think of counterfeiting, which were made by Keely's opponents. One must acknowledge the Keely enthusiasts but still: they could never build a machine that fulfilled the promises of their idol even close. It is unlikely that they can succeed anywhere.
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