At 11:47 AM 4/22/2005, you wrote: >On Friday, April 22, 2005, at 01:25 PM, David Seifert wrote: > > > Ardeshir, > > > > What, exactly, do you mean by the term "perpetual motion"? The classic > > defintion is something that is capable of moving against gravity > > indefinitely with no apparent influx of energy. > > > > Let us use, as an analogy, planetary motion. The moon orbiting the > > earth, for example. According to your assertion, this would be an > > example of perpetual motion. The moon is actually falling toward the > > earth due to gravitational forces but it's speed is high enough to > > keep it balanced in orbit. Gravity is NOT perptual motion. > > > > An electron "orbiting" a nucleus is a quantum mechanical effect which > > by definition has nothing to do with nor is it affected by gravity. > > Therefore it is not perptual motion according to the classical > > defintion. > > > > David > >I agree with that, David. I was not talking about gravity as such, nor >about the classical definition of "perpetual motion". > >What I was talking about is MAGNETISM. There is no such thing as an >elementary particle possessing PURE magnetism, is there - the way there >are elementary particles, such as electrons, possessing a PURE >electrical charge, a charge which does NOT change whether the particle >moves or not. The way we understand magnetism to manifest itself - and >correct me if I am wrong - is due to the MOTION of charged elementary >particles, mostly electrons (more accurately, due to the ACCELERATION >of charged elementary particles, mostly electrons). The very fact that >permanent magnets exist, therefore, proves that charged elementary >particles (i.e., electrons) within the magnet are permanently in MOTION! > >Not only that, but there is no way to STOP the motion of electrons in >each atom, and thereby remove the magnetic field. The ONLY way we know >of to "remove" a magnetic field is to CANCEL OUT the various magnetic >fields produced by the electrons in an object, by orienting the fields >in random directions: but not by STOPPING the electrons in an object. >No matter HOW much force is brought to bear on electrons, one cannot >bring them to a complete STOP. Indeed one cannot even appreciably slow >them down. > >This, then, is either totally against Newton's First Law, or else there >must be a FORCE keeping the electrons in motion despite all attempts to >bring them to a stop, or even to slow them down! > >A (good) permanent magnet is NOT demagnetised no matter how many times >it is stuck on to the fridge and removed therefrom and then stuck on >back again: so that means that the charges (i.e., electrons) in it are >being kept perpetually IN MOTION, and which KEEP on moving despite all >attempts to bring them to a stop. The motion then must exist, and is >perpetuated despite all attempts to eliminate it, with the help of a >force which many scientists do not yet recognise as having any >existence (although some scientists, like Puthoff, Rueda and Haisch, do >recognise it: they, and others, call it the "Zero Point Force" or ZPF), >or else the motion exists, and is perpetuated, in CONTRAVENTION to >Newton's First Law. Take your pick. > >But either way, one should be able to make USE of this perpetual motion >of electrons, which makes a permanent magnet a PERMANENT magnet, to >generate electricity in the macro world. This is exactly what Patent >No. 6,362,718 B1 does. > >Cheers. Entropy isn't what it used to be. Regards, Don Williams La Jolla, CA