Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[duff]

From page 19 of The Secret World of Magnets by Howard Johnson
(partially  paraphrased)

  Taking a "ceramic magnet" magnetized through the thickness we mount a "curved metallic magnetic" over it and monitor the reacting fields in a one-half inch air gap. Regarding the pull of one magnet toward another, our mapping operation shows these particles pairing off as the unlike fields merge. Our topographical program shows that the gauss count (the strength of the lines of force) at the attracting end has been reduced, because the paring of the large part of the particle populations.

  The repulsion of likes poles represents particle activity forming two vortices that spin in the same direction. There is no reduction in the gauss count, which registers about three times as high as it does at the attracting end.


This seems to explain what is happening with Mylow's setup


-Duff

[hansvonlieven]

Consider the implications Paul,

If what you are saying is right then there are some materials (Alnico or hard steel in this case) that can store magnetism and dribble it out under certain circumstances to do work, much like a reservoir of water with a hole in it that drips water onto a waterwheel. (One wonders what other materials there might be where the effect is more pronounced.)

If that turns out to be correct you have made a truly monumental discovery, overunity or not !

Certainly well worth having a look at. Good luck.

Hans von Lieven

[capthook]

yaz -
Much thanks for posting the Science & Mechanics article from 1980.  It is great to read.

Hope you don't mind - I converted it to a .pdf for easy viewing/zooming and easy reading in 1 document.
Posting in the downloads section as it is 900k

Thanks again!

[capthook]

New file download posted:

Howard Johnson 1980 Science & Mechanics article pics posted by yaz and converted to .pdf (970k)

Thanks yaz!

http://www.overunity.com/index.php?action=tpmod;dl=item252

[capthook]

A few comments on the Science & Mechanics article:

3 designs/devices are shown/discussed.

Basically design 1 & 3 are really just smots.  They travel in one direction (or the other) down a straight track and then exit.  The ability for them to be converted into continuous rotary motion is not an easy, or even possible, task. (as seen countless times with other designs/smots etc.)

Design 2 is basically the model for the Mylow build.  As has been alluded to by Hans and a couple others, the device is shown to operate by a hand-held stator.
Slight movements/pulsing of the hand/stator would seem to be the obvious input required to achieve/maintain rotation.
The fact that this design has not resulted in an actual working protype/model or commercial unit would indicate that the means for true self-running was never achieved by Howard Johnson, even though the article of 1980 mentions licensing agreements etc. for future products.

And has been mentioned, the Mylow build may function only as a result of the degaussing of the stator magnet. (in place of the hand movements of the stator)
Replacing the stator magnet with a rare-earth magnet that doesn't degauss may eliminate the possibility of success.  And the weak magnets may be required as well as the flux/field lines of stronger magnets may result in an entry/exit gate that is impossible to overcome for full rotation, or maybe a heavier rotor for increased flywheel effect.
Then again - it may just be the relative strength of the magnets, and should stronger rare-earth magnets be used, the same relative strength of rotor/stator with the new magnets compared to the old may be all that is required.
(edit: on 2nd thought - Mylow reports different strength stator magnets resulted in increase/decrease in RPMs.  In any event, I reiterate the thought that the spacing between the N/S faces of the stator magnet relative to the spacing of the rotor magnets is critical... or is that obvious?  )

Just some thoughts after my 1st read.......