wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht) (07/17/88)
>No it is not, this has to do with measurable electromagnetics. ... >Sure, lets try to guess what is going on.. I am walking (upright, vertical) >I am carrying two copper rods about 12 guage in my hands, about 12" long >each, bent at 2" with the long ends extended in front of me.. >(held in thumb and index finger) >As I walked, the little beggers occasionally swing from pointing front, to >pointing at each other, or laying along the line of the pipe run. First of all, I have to know, was this oxygen-free copper wire? ;-) Why is it that all diviners insist that they *must* be holding onto the rods to make them "twitch"? If this were a true "electromagnetic" phenomenon and not some party trick, then one would expect to see this effect under controlled conditions when the rods are mounted on a measurement jig. Wolfgang Rupprecht ARPA: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (IP 18.82.0.114) TEL: (617) 267-4365 UUCP: mit-eddie!mgm.mit.edu!wolfgang
todd@uop.edu ( Todd/Dr. Nethack ) (07/21/88)
In article <6255@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht) writes: > ... > >Sure, lets try to guess what is going on.. I am walking (upright, vertical) > >I am carrying two copper rods about 12 guage in my hands, about 12" long > >each, bent at 2" with the long ends extended in front of me.. > >(held in thumb and index finger) > >As I walked, the little beggers occasionally swing from pointing front, to > >pointing at each other, or laying along the line of the pipe run. > > First of all, I have to know, was this oxygen-free copper wire? ;-) No, just room temperature superconducting copper wire, made some with my chemistry set last year. ;-) ;-) ;-) > Why is it that all diviners insist that they *must* be holding onto > the rods to make them "twitch"? I don't speak for all diviners.. I am not a diviner.. I am merely reporting what I did.. And never did I insist that they had to be held.. I just told you what I did!! > If this were a true "electromagnetic" > phenomenon and not some party trick, then one would expect to see this > effect under controlled conditions when the rods are mounted on a > measurement jig. Ok, build one! I don't care!! I just told you what I had experienced.. and you (et. al.) decide I am an unscientific mystic! Just don't forget your vertical radiator (to supplement for the human body) And have at it!!