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Electrogravitics is a research subject based upon the original work of Nikola Tesla, and hypotheses advanced by Thomas Townsend Brown. The term was in widespread use by 1956.[1] The effects of electrogravity are more widely studied in electrohydrodynamics (EHD) or sometimes electro-fluid-dynamics, a counterpart to the well-known magneto-hydrodynamics. Electrokinetics is the term used by Brown for the electrically generated propulsive force. Fran De Aquino has published calculations explaining the cause and proper harnessing of the electrogravitic effect.

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The research, based upon Thomas Townsend Brown's hypotheses, included the idea that electrogravitics could be used as a means of propulsion for aircraft and spacecraft. The field became popular in the mid-1950s, but rapidly declined in popularity thereafter. At one point, the Glenn L. Martin Company placed advertisements looking for scientists who were "interested in gravity". Electrogravitic processes use an electric field to charge an object and counteract the effects of gravity. Electrostatic levitation was used, for instance, in Robert Millikan's oil drop experiment and is used to suspend the gyroscopes in Gravity Probe B during launch. Due to Earnshaw's theorem, no static arrangement of classical electrostatic fields can be used to stably levitate an object. There is a point where the two fields cancel, but it is unstable. However, it is possible to use dynamically changing electric fields to hold an object in position. On the moon the photoelectric effect charges fine layers of dust on the surface forming an atmosphere of dust floating in "fountains" over the surface of the moon.

The Biefeld–Brown effect, discovered by Thomas Townsend Brown (USA) and Dr. Paul Alfred Biefeld (CH), was researched during the 1950's and 1960's on the use of this electric propulsion effect during the publicized era of gravity control propulsion research. During 1964, Major De Seversky had in fact published a lot of his related work in U.S. Patent 3,130,945 , and with the aim to forestall any possible misunderstanding about these devices, had termed these flying machines as ionocrafts. In the following years, many promising concepts had to be abandoned and forgotten due to the technological limitations as well as those pesky laws of physics, but at the same time, science has advanced a lot in the EHD field. The effect has only recently become popular again and such flying devices are now known as EHD thrusters. Simple single-stage versions lifted by this effect are sometimes also called lifters.

Some, such as Byron Preiss, considered electrogravitics development to be "much ado about nothing, started by a bunch of engineers who didn't know enough physics" (which is a negative historical revision). Priess states that electrogravitics, like exobiology, is "a science without a single specimen for study" in his opinion.[2] This ignores ionocraft devices, commonly known as a lifters, and their development. These electrohydrodynamic devices produce thrust in the air using electrical energy without moving parts. Paul LaViolette continues to champion and publish Brown's hypotheses and ideas derived from them.

[edit] In fiction

In Robert Quest's novel Starbridge, electrogravitics is said to be based within the technology utilizing electromagnetic potentials that can produce and control the phenomena of localized gravity fields.[3]

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  1. ^ Kerstin Klasson, Developments in the Terminology of Physics and Technology. Page 30.
  2. ^ Byron Preiss (1985). The Planets. Bantam Books, 27. ISBN 0553051091. 
  3. ^ Roger Quest, Starbridge. iUniverse, 2005. 232 pages. Page 217. ISBN 0595359159

[edit] Additional reading

[edit] Paul LaViolette

  • Paul LaViolette (March 2003). "Concerning a technology that could help avoid another Columbia disaster" (PDF). — LaViolette's submission to NASA, in the wake of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, asserting that "electrification technology" would have averted the disaster and noting the failures of his several prior attempts over a period of 13 years to engage any support within NASA
  • Paul A. LaViolette (2003). Subquantum Kinetics: A Systems Approach to Physics and Cosmology. Starlane Publications. ISBN 0964202557.  — LaViolette's book, published by his own publishing company, Starlane, which documents his view of Electrogravitics in detail in chapter 11
  • LaViolette, P.A. "An Introduction to Subquantum Kinetics: Part Journal of General Systems, Special Issue on Systems Thinking in Physics" 11(1985):295-328.
  • LaViolette, P.A. "Subquantum Kinetics: The Alchemy of Creation." Schenectady, NY, 1994.
  • LaViolette, P.A. "A Theory of Electrogravtics." Electric Spacecraft Journal, Issue 8, 1993, pp. 33 - 36.
  • LaViolette, P. "Electrogravitics: Back to the Future." Electric Spacecraft Journal, Issue 4, 1992, pp. 23 - 28.
  • LaViolette, P. "Electrogravtics: An Energy-Efficient Means of Spacecraft Propulsion." Explore 3 (1991): 76 - 79; idea No. 100159 submitted to NASA's 1990 Space Exploration Outreach Program.

[edit] Other research

  • Dominick J. Marrone, "A New Paradigm: CubeSat Electric-Gravtic Propulsion - Orbital Transport Vehicles & Space Platforms". CalPoly CubeSat Workshop 2007 Lecture, 2007.
  • "Conquest of Gravity: Aim of Top Scientists in the U.S." N.Y. Herald Tribune, November 20-22, 1955.
  • Yin, Ming, Michael Bleiweiss, and Timir Datta, "Ambient and Tidal Effect in an Electrogravity Experiment". American Physical Society, The 69th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern , abstract #NC.002
  • "Electrogravitics Systems". Special Weapons Study Unit of Aviation Studies Ltd., 1956.
  • Thomas F. Valone, Progress in Electrogravitics and Electrokinetics for Aviation and Space Travel. Integrity Research Institute, Washington DC. PACS 89.40.Dd; 41.20.-q; 03.50.De
  • Dale Goudie and Jim Klotz, Electrogravitics Systems: An examination of electrostatic motion, dynamic counterbary and barycentric control.
  • Theodore C. Loder, III1, "Outside the Box" Space and Terrestrial Transportation and Energy Technologies for the 21st Century.
  • Patrick G. Bailey, "Overview Of Antigravity Technology: Consensus, Conclusions, And Concerns". June 25, 1999.
  • Jefimenko, Oleg D., "Causality, electromagnetic induction, and gravitation : a different approach to the theory of electromagnetic and gravitational fields". Star City [West Virginia] : Electret Scientific Co., c1992. ISBN 0917406095
  • Heaviside, Oliver, "A gravitational and electromagnetic analogy". The Electrician, 1893.
  • Aviation Studies (International) Ltd. "Electrogravitic Systems: An Examination of Electrostatic Motion, Dynaimc Counterbary and Barycentric Control." Report GRG 013/56 by Aviation Studies, Special Weapons Study Unit, London, February 1956. (Library of Congress No. 3,1401,00034,5879; Call No. TL565.A9).
  • Innovative Environmental Technologies. United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works, 2003. 116 pages.
  • Di Mario, D., Electrogravity: a basic link between electricity and gravity. Speculations in Science and Technology, Volume 20, Number 4, 1997, pp. 291-296(6)
  • S Bose, N Dadhich, "Electrogravity duality and global monopoles in scalar-tensor gravity". arXiv:hep-th/0001119, 2000.
  • IE Bulyzhenkov, How to test vector nature of gravity. arXiv:gr-qc/0001071, 2000.
  • IE Bulyzhenkov, Einstein's gravitation for Machian relativism of nonlocal energy-charges. Int. J. Theor. Phys., v47, p.1261-69, 2008.
  • N Dadhich, On Electrogravity Duality. arXiv:gr-qc/9805068, 1998.
  • N Dadhich, N Banerjee, Global monopoles and scalar fields as the electrogravity dual of Schwarzschild spacetime. arXiv:hep-th/0012015, 2000.
  • BV Ivanov, On the gravitational field induced by static electromagnetic sources. arXiv:gr-qc/0502047, 2005.
  • RR Sastry, Unity of Fundamental Interactions. arXiv:hep-ph/0004099, 2000.
  • Robert Stirniman, Electrogravitics Reference List. Fri, 1 Mar 1996 15:40:06 -0600 (CST)
  • Stuetzer, 0. M. (1959). Ion drag pressure generation. Journal of Applied Physics, 30(7), 984—994.
  • W Gunston, Electrogravitics, Air Int, 2000.

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[edit] Patents

Non-American
  • GB300311 - A method of and an apparatus or machine for producing force or motion (accepted 1928-11-15)
American

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