Empirical Analysis of Electrogravitics and Electrokineticsand its Potential for Space Travel

摘要

An analysis of the 90-year old science of electrogravitics (a.k.a. "gravities" or "electrogravity") necessarily includes an analysis of electrokinetics. Electrogravitics is most commonly associated with the 1928 British patent #300,311 of Thomas Townsend Brown (his first patent), the 1952 Special Inquiry File #24-185 of the Office of Naval Research into the "Electro-Gravity Device of Townsend Brown" and two widely circulated 1956 Aviation Studies Ltd. reports on "Electrogravitics Systems", "The Gravities Situation" and original experiments by Professor N. Nipher in 1918. By definition, electrogravitics historically has had a purported relationship to gravity or the object's mass, as well as the applied voltage. The Gravities Situation report defined electrogravitics as "The application of modulating influences on electrostatic propulsion system." It also was tested recently by T. Musha of the Honda Corporation, which published experimental results and proposed theory of a correlation between electricity and gravity. Electrokinetics, on the other hand, is more commonly associated with many later patents of T. Townsend Brown as well as Agnew Bahnson, starting with the 1960 US patent #2,949,550 entitled, "Electrokinetic Apparatus." Electrokinetics, which often involves a capacitor and dielectric, has virtually no relationship that can be connected with mass or gravity. The Army Research Lab has recently issued a report on electrokinetics, analyzing the force on an asymmetric capacitor, while NASA has received three patents on the same design topic. To successfully describe and predict the reported motion toward the positive terminal of the capacitor, it is desirable to use the classical electrokinetic field and force equations for the specific geometry involved. This initial review and analysis also suggests directions for further confirming experiments and an empirically-based formulation of a working hypothesis for electrokinetics.