Re: Whats a lifter?

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

The good folks at Sharper Image will be glad to sell a very effective
device for producing this ionic wind. They actually refer to it an
Ionic Breeze IIRC.

No one claims that new information MIGHT come from further scientific
investigation but MOST scientists are quite satisfied with 'orthodox'
explanations. As nasa notes (See other post) there have been NO peer
reviewed published papers on the subject. (Conspiricy theorists -
take note)


At 12:06 AM -0500 11/12/02, Squeaky Rhizome wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am writing with respect toward the legitimacy of the Biefeld-Brown Effect.
>
> Recently I have had a few students ask me about "lifters". Apparently a
> lifter exhibits some form of propulsive force, which allows the device to
> accelerate vertically upwards. (It's basically a series of extremely
> lightweight capacitors made out of aluminum foil, balsa wood and a high
> voltage source)
>
> The Internet has been the only location where I have found information on
> this subject. These sites are appallingly unscientific. Yet they all
> subscribe to this Biefeld-Brown Effect. I cannot find the Biefeld-Brown
> Effect in any of the books I own. The websites all agree the Biefeld-Brown
> Effect is supposed is apparently attributed to
> Thomas Townsed Brown.
>
> I am inclined not to put much weight in any of this, but I would like
> simultaneously to be able to explain why.
>
> Thank you for your time
> mindhive4u
>
> This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC,
> NAU or the AAPT.

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.