Tommey Reed's Clem Engine Build 2017

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The forces of the vacuum, or absence of substance, has always been
more uncontrollable than the pressures of the deepest oceans or the
lack thereof presented by the low pressures of space.


A 'true vacuum' is as unattainable as a "closed system".


But approaching the vacuum faces us against the very primal nature
of our universe. A force more powerful than matter itself.
And as like the ^2 of the distance approaching a magnetic field,
The implosion force of the vacuum increases exponentially with 1/2 the
pressure of a given volume.


We reach a point, quite undeniably, where the inward pressures far exceed
any outward force we can exert to remove said pressure.


The same steel canister that can hold inside thousands of psi of propane
for your grill, wouldn't last a minute under a mere couple hundred lbs of
less than ambient.


Take our deepest submarines, with the best and strongest structural engineering
and submerge them with less than 1atm cabin pressure.
It will squish like a grape well before it reaches its rated depth.


If we were to evacuate more air and let the sub sink, it will crush much sooner.
if we remove enough air, the sub will crush under just 1atm, without being in water.


We know what 1 or three inches of Mercury is in terms of vacuum force.
But what is a foot of mercury? Or a meter?
A kilometer of mercury?
We haven't even begun to approach the force of a true vacuum.....


We are likely to lift the mass of all the Mercury on earth, before we ever reach
anything close to a "true vacuum", with respect  to a pressure less than Earths ambient.


The closer we get, the more we realize the infinite power of nothingness.


With 200 ft-lbs across 1/16th of an inch: we observe photo luminescence, implosive heating over 9kF•,
a supersonic shockwave, and residual molecular energy state transitions.
Thank you Mr. Pistol Shrimp!
And all he does is make a small bit of nothingness.
From which all sorts of things happen.


"For the tiniest bit of nothingness to exist, it must hold back the force of the entire universe."
                                                                                                  Sm0ky2