The Forces of Nature by Kelland Terry, Ph.D.
My friend Ben is restricted in his movement, but give him a motorized chair and he is definitely a body in motion. His rapid darting to and fro warrants careful attention. I soon got used to it, and more often than not Ben caused me to smile and chuckle as we built a 10 foot long vacuum chamber to house a Robo-Pong. The idea was to eject spinning balls at a target inside the vacuum chamber and observe the extent they curve as you remove the air.
Air molecules are very difficult to remove from any enclosure even under the best of conditions. But the chamber we built held a high state of vacuum over a long period of time. Once we got the bugs out, it did not leak after we evacuated the air with a two stage vacuum pump. We equipped the chamber with a very sensitive vacuum gauge to measure how much air was left in the chamber, and a peep hole to film the balls in flight.
A Robo-Pong can be used to eject a table tennis ball at a target, and in doing so, it also causes the ball to spin clockwise or counterclockwise depending how the instrument is set. For several months, we filmed the balls in flight with left hand spin and right hand spin and with varied air concentrations. I then examined the curvature of the balls on a computer.
Now the results: From this study, I concluded that spinning table tennis balls continue to curve even in a pure vacuum. Approximately 7% of the curvature remains when all the air is removed from the chamber.
And now the conclusion: It seems there is a substance in space besides air that the balls spin against, which causes them to curve. This substance has to have physical properties with mass. As weird and unbelievable as this must seem, I suspect this substance is a vast concentration of gravitons, the strings with perfect elasticity that cause the gravitational force between bodies. The number of strings must be immense, but because of their very limited, minute mass and super elasticity, we cannot feel them in space.
My experiments can be read on line at http://www.vestheory.com/. Once you enter the book, just click on Chapter 30.
If the results of this experiment were true, it suggested that spinning balls will curve more in a magnetic field; this was an exciting prospect I had to explore. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
Showing posts with label gravity. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Death Valley Experiment
The Forces of Nature by Kelland Terry, Ph.D.
My wife and I drove to Death Valley on our way to Southern Utah. I thought it was a great trip, especially in Death Valley because she consented to do the driving while I examined the colorful, bare hillsides. Perhaps you have to grow up in the desert to appreciate the layering and flow of colored rock originally deposited along our ocean shores millions of years ago, then thrust up by shifting plates.
Our big dog, Rocko, sat in the back of our SUV and enjoyed the drive because there had been a storm the day before, and the weather was actually cool even in Death Valley. In fact it was about the same temperature wherever I tested ball curvature.
I had with us a robot called Robo-Pong that ejects table tennis balls so that people can practice playing Ping-Pong. This little machine imparts either clockwise or counterclockwise spin when it ejects the ball into space depending how you set it. This means you can cause the ball to curve either left or right. I had already used it to measure the curvature of table tennis balls in Carson City, which is approximately 4750 feet above sea level.
Eventually, I also measured how much the balls curved inside our motel room in Death Valley (20 feet above sea level), in Rockville (3700 feet above sea level), and in a friend’s cabin in the mountains of Southern Utah at 8400 feet above sea level.
Now for the results of this little study: I found that balls curve more than expected at higher altitudes. Air concentration dropped faster than curvature. It appeared the ball would curve even in a vacuum. Conclusions: The results suggest that in addition to air molecules, some other component of the space around us aids in the deflection of spinning Ping-Pong balls. Was this something gravitons, the invisible strings that pull two objects together? The results of this study encouraged me to continue on. What I needed was a better way of testing this hypothesis. What I needed was a large vacuum chamber to determine whether a spinning table tennis ball will curve in a vacuum. The results took several months of hard work and the aid of my friend, Ben McCulley. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
My wife and I drove to Death Valley on our way to Southern Utah. I thought it was a great trip, especially in Death Valley because she consented to do the driving while I examined the colorful, bare hillsides. Perhaps you have to grow up in the desert to appreciate the layering and flow of colored rock originally deposited along our ocean shores millions of years ago, then thrust up by shifting plates.
Our big dog, Rocko, sat in the back of our SUV and enjoyed the drive because there had been a storm the day before, and the weather was actually cool even in Death Valley. In fact it was about the same temperature wherever I tested ball curvature.
I had with us a robot called Robo-Pong that ejects table tennis balls so that people can practice playing Ping-Pong. This little machine imparts either clockwise or counterclockwise spin when it ejects the ball into space depending how you set it. This means you can cause the ball to curve either left or right. I had already used it to measure the curvature of table tennis balls in Carson City, which is approximately 4750 feet above sea level.
Eventually, I also measured how much the balls curved inside our motel room in Death Valley (20 feet above sea level), in Rockville (3700 feet above sea level), and in a friend’s cabin in the mountains of Southern Utah at 8400 feet above sea level.
Now for the results of this little study: I found that balls curve more than expected at higher altitudes. Air concentration dropped faster than curvature. It appeared the ball would curve even in a vacuum. Conclusions: The results suggest that in addition to air molecules, some other component of the space around us aids in the deflection of spinning Ping-Pong balls. Was this something gravitons, the invisible strings that pull two objects together? The results of this study encouraged me to continue on. What I needed was a better way of testing this hypothesis. What I needed was a large vacuum chamber to determine whether a spinning table tennis ball will curve in a vacuum. The results took several months of hard work and the aid of my friend, Ben McCulley. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Force of gravity
The Forces of Nature by Kelland Terry, Ph.D.
Rocko spotted the chipmunk before I did, and he was dead set on capturing the little critter. What he didn’t count on was a wash and a 12 foot drop. The next thing I knew he was flying through the air with his legs thrashing beneath him. My 100 pound mutt hit the bottom of the wash with a sudden jar that left him with a noticeable limp. He is very wary now when it comes to ledges of any kind. Rocko is a beautiful mix of chow and newfoundland, but he was no match for the force of gravity that jerked him through the air with a strong, but invisible hand. What is gravity? What is this mysterious force of nature? I have been attempting to answer this question. I have worked hard on some experiments that I would like you to consider. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
The Forces of Nature by Kelland Terry, Ph.D.
When I was a kid on the old farm where I grew up, just outside Zion National Park, Dad brought home 100 chicks. It fell on me to raise them. We had an old chicken coup that kept them safe at night. The coop was built into a hillside and still exists today. There was easy access to the roof, and one day, for reasons unknown, I jumped from the roof. I can still relive the stinging sensation I felt in my feet that day when I hit the ground—gravity is a very strong force of nature. I had done the same dumb thing that my dog Rocko recently did when he jumped off a bank to the bottom of a wash.
The connecting links between any two bodies are referred to as gravitons. When I jumped, gravitons emanating from my body were connected to Earth and Earth’s gravitons were connected to me, and the resulting force of gravitation jerked me to the ground and likely left me a little more flat footed.
The magnitude of the force of gravitation can best be appreciated when it takes place between two large bodies. The force of gravity between earth and sun is equivalent to the strength of a steel cable twice the size of the United States even though earth and sun are separated by 93 million miles. Wow. What are gravitons? What are these invisible links that connect these two bodies across such a vast distance? Do the links between earth and sun have physical properties even though we can’t feel them in space? I pondered over this question and came up with a possible method of testing this hypothesis. The results will surely surprise you. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
Rocko spotted the chipmunk before I did, and he was dead set on capturing the little critter. What he didn’t count on was a wash and a 12 foot drop. The next thing I knew he was flying through the air with his legs thrashing beneath him. My 100 pound mutt hit the bottom of the wash with a sudden jar that left him with a noticeable limp. He is very wary now when it comes to ledges of any kind. Rocko is a beautiful mix of chow and newfoundland, but he was no match for the force of gravity that jerked him through the air with a strong, but invisible hand. What is gravity? What is this mysterious force of nature? I have been attempting to answer this question. I have worked hard on some experiments that I would like you to consider. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
The Forces of Nature by Kelland Terry, Ph.D.
When I was a kid on the old farm where I grew up, just outside Zion National Park, Dad brought home 100 chicks. It fell on me to raise them. We had an old chicken coup that kept them safe at night. The coop was built into a hillside and still exists today. There was easy access to the roof, and one day, for reasons unknown, I jumped from the roof. I can still relive the stinging sensation I felt in my feet that day when I hit the ground—gravity is a very strong force of nature. I had done the same dumb thing that my dog Rocko recently did when he jumped off a bank to the bottom of a wash.
The connecting links between any two bodies are referred to as gravitons. When I jumped, gravitons emanating from my body were connected to Earth and Earth’s gravitons were connected to me, and the resulting force of gravitation jerked me to the ground and likely left me a little more flat footed.
The magnitude of the force of gravitation can best be appreciated when it takes place between two large bodies. The force of gravity between earth and sun is equivalent to the strength of a steel cable twice the size of the United States even though earth and sun are separated by 93 million miles. Wow. What are gravitons? What are these invisible links that connect these two bodies across such a vast distance? Do the links between earth and sun have physical properties even though we can’t feel them in space? I pondered over this question and came up with a possible method of testing this hypothesis. The results will surely surprise you. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
Monday, September 19, 2011
Forces of nature
The Forces of Nature by Kelland Terry, Ph.D.
The turkeys we raised on our old farm could be ferocious birds. I learned this first hand one summer day when I came upon a female turkey sitting on a nest of eggs. We did not have that many turkeys, and when one went missing, I began to search the surrounding fields. I thought I heard the clucking of this turkey above me hidden in a patch of tall grass. Not being aware of what might happen, I climbed up the ditch bank to investigate, but before I could reach her nest, the mother-to-be-turkey flew at me with a vengeance. I fell over backwards and rolled down the bank with the angry turkey on top of me. I hit the ground running and never went back. She had gained my respect. It wasn’t long until she came home with her brood of cute little baby turkeys.
All the movements of this turkey and my hasty retreat can be traced back to the forces of nature: electricity, magnetism, gravitation, and the nuclear forces. ATP in our bodies stores electrical energy in its phosphate bonds, and it passes this energy to our muscles, which allows us to run. Without electricity and the other forces of nature our world would be filled with random mass, or perhaps more likely just one small elastic ball, which means there would be no atoms, molecules, mountains, or the living objects of our world. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
The turkeys we raised on our old farm could be ferocious birds. I learned this first hand one summer day when I came upon a female turkey sitting on a nest of eggs. We did not have that many turkeys, and when one went missing, I began to search the surrounding fields. I thought I heard the clucking of this turkey above me hidden in a patch of tall grass. Not being aware of what might happen, I climbed up the ditch bank to investigate, but before I could reach her nest, the mother-to-be-turkey flew at me with a vengeance. I fell over backwards and rolled down the bank with the angry turkey on top of me. I hit the ground running and never went back. She had gained my respect. It wasn’t long until she came home with her brood of cute little baby turkeys.
All the movements of this turkey and my hasty retreat can be traced back to the forces of nature: electricity, magnetism, gravitation, and the nuclear forces. ATP in our bodies stores electrical energy in its phosphate bonds, and it passes this energy to our muscles, which allows us to run. Without electricity and the other forces of nature our world would be filled with random mass, or perhaps more likely just one small elastic ball, which means there would be no atoms, molecules, mountains, or the living objects of our world. Till then, be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
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