(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2) Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501 Sponsored by Vangard Sciences PO BOX 1031 Mesquite, TX 75150 There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS on duplicating, publishing or distributing the files on KeelyNet except where noted! January 16,1994 SLOWTIME.ASC -------------------------------------------------------------------- This file is based on original research and shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Bert Pool and Norman Wootan. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment on Time Dialation Effects Reported to Occur With High Speed Rotating Masses Conducted by Norman Wootan and Bert Pool Hal Fox, editor of Fusion Facts, invited interested experimenters to verify or refute a report that large spinning masses apparently may affect time/space in the immediate vicinity of the spinning mass. Back in the 1960's, an unnamed experimenter reported that an "Accutron" quartz movement watch would lose time at a rate of about 19 seconds for every 1,000 seconds of "near exposure" to a large spinning mass such as a large generator rotor. We had no exact description of the spinning mass except that it probably was steel or laminated iron - and we had no exact rotor weight from which to work. Physicists theorize that extremely massive objects such as black holes can affect time in their immediate vicinity - could a much smaller spinning mass also produce a measurable slowdown in time? Norm Wootan and I (Bert Pool) decided to conduct an experiment which would help prove or disprove the alleged observation. During the months of December 1993 and January 1994, several experiments were conducted using fairly large spinning masses. Below is a description of the test apparatus used and the results observed. First, a test device was constructed using an aluminum test mass of 31 pounds of aluminum disks stacked to form a rotor 8 inches in diameter and 6 inches tall. The disks which were used to form the rotating cylinder were precision aluminum computer disk platters removed from surplus mainframe hard disk drives. The thin magnetic oxide was left intact on the platters. The surplus hard disk drive spindle provided an ideal bearing which could handle the mass and speed we were to attempt in the experiments. Page 1 Since we had the aluminum disks ready-made, we decided to run our tests with aluminum instead of steel for the mass. Two quartz crystal controlled timebases were carefully chosen to form a "test timebase" and a "reference timebase". Both were sealed in solid copper foil Faraday shields to isolate the time bases from external electromagnetic fields. One timebase designated as the "test base" was placed 1/32 inch away from the edge of the spinning mass. The second timebase, referred to as the "reference base" was placed in a secure area ten feet away from the spinning mass. Care was made to insure that the reference timebase was at least ten feet away from all external sources of moving mass or electrostatic and electromagnetic fields. Previous testing had verified that the two timebases would remain synchronized to better than 1/4 second per 48 hour test period. This degree of synchronization is equal to better than 1 part in 691,000. Since we were looking for a reported slowdown of the affected timebase on the order of 19 seconds in 1000, or 1 part in 52, this would provide us with more than adequate measuring accuracy. The 31 pound aluminum cylinder was spun up to a speed of 3,090 r.p.m.. For the first test, both timebases were placed in copper shielding. The mass ran for 45 minutes, or 2,700 seconds. The expected slowdown of the timebase near the spinning rotor was postulated to be as much as 51.3 seconds (1/52 of 2,700 seconds). The spinning mass was stopped and both the reference timebase and the test timebase were removed from their Faraday shielding and the displayed times carefully compared. Absolutely NO loss of time was found to have occurred in the test timebase compared to the reference base. -------------------------------------------------------------------- A second test was run using UNSHIELDED timebases. We expected that the magnetic oxide coating on the platters might interact with the electronics of the test timebase. This time, the mass was run at 3,090 r.p.m. for 12 hours! At the end of the test period, the mass was stopped, and the timebases were again compared. Absolutely NO loss of time was measured in the test timebase. -------------------------------------------------------------------- We decided that perhaps the mass and inertia of the 31 pound cylinder were not high enough. We set up the experiment again using shielded timebases, but replaced the 31 pound, 8 inch diameter mass with one which was 14 inches in diameter and over 66 pounds in weight. The driving motor was replaced with one twice the size of the original. The mass was spun up to a maximum speed of 3,200 r.p.m. (this was the maximum speed we could coax out of the motor with this large load) and ran the experiment for 1 hour. The mass was stopped, and the timebases examined. As before, Page 2 absolutely NO loss of time was observed in the test timebase which had been placed near the spinning mass. Two additional timebases placed INSIDE of the spinning mass, near the outer circumference of the platters, also did not show any unusual time discrepancies whatsoever. Conclusions: Shielded accurate quartz controlled oscillator timebases are not affected whatsoever when placed in very close proximity to large spinning masses of non- magnetic aluminum. Even non-shielded timebases showed remarkable stability over extended periods of measurement in the experiment. We plan on conducting additional experiments in the near future, using a larger rotor machined from steel instead of aluminum. We believe that the reported anomaly was most likely due to the interaction of residual magnetic fields present in the original steel rotating mass interacting with the electronics or tuning fork within the original "Acutron" watch placed near the mass. During our experiment we may not have observed an effect showing a measurable slowdown of time in our experiment because (1) the effect may only occur with steel or other ferrous metal rotors, (2) our mass may have been insufficient, (3) our rotor speed may have been too low, or perhaps some combination of the above, or (4) there very well may be no measurable effect on time by a spinning mass constructed of any material, i.e. the original observation was flawed or bogus. It is suggested that other researchers experiment with large spinning masses to help determine whether in fact spinning masses can affect the flow of time in space near the spinning mass. Our initial tests lead us to believe that no such effect is taking place. Bert Pool and Norman Wootan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vangard Note An excellent experiment and report, despite the failure to detect the reported time loss, the attempt is worthy of report and congratulations. We look forward to additional experiments. Thanks Bert and Norm! -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your consideration, interest and support. Jerry W. 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