From: jrwalliker@gmail.com   
      
   On 01/12/2025 09:56, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   > Bill Sloman  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Laithwaite   
   >>   
   >> espoused much the same idea too,   
   >   
   > That's all you need to tell you it won't work.   
   >   
   > We used to laugh at Laithwait's ideas and wonder how anyone could take   
   > them seriously.  Unfortunately a lot of gullible (or ignorant) idiots   
   > did ...so a lot of money was wasted trying to pervert the laws of   
   > physics.   
   >   
   He had some very odd ideas, but he also did a lot of useful work   
   on linear motors.   
   I went to his series of Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution   
   which was very interesting.  The demonstration of an electromagnetic gun   
   could have had an unfortunate outcome for the audience member sitting   
   behind the target.  The steel and copper bolt penetrated much deeper   
   into the 2" thick blockboard target than had been expected and almost   
   came out of the other side.  This was not obvious from the views that   
   were broadcast.   
   John   
      
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