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NEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCENE rotate, further forcing the hydrogen to split The story goes that he has been engaged | with a 7” stroke, compresses air into the from the oxygen. for two years in perfecting the invention, | tank from which the power is utilised. (Source: KeelyNet BBS - 212 324 3501; | and is now negotiating with the govern- Under the piston plate the inventor has sponsored by Vanguard Sciences, | ments of England, Russia, and the United | placed two layers of bars containing eleven PO Box 1031, Mesquite, Texas. 75150 USA) | States for the sale of the right to use his dis- | different minerals, the magnetic influence covery, which, if after examination it | of which is the secret of the inventor. WHATEVER proves to be what he claims, will revolu- The advantages he claims are durability, HAPPENED TO ...? tionise the motive powers of the world. economy, and simplicity. Experts have He claims to be able to create a pressure | examined the machine and pronounce it a Several newspapers have referred to a | of 20,000 pounds per square inch - more | success. new invention by one William Timmis, | than sufficient to propel the largest ocean In submitting his design to the govern- which if successful, will revolutionise | steamer afloat or to move eighty laden | ments named, Mr. Timmis claims that the motive power. freight cars in one train. Pneumatic Generator can not only be The inventor is an unpretentious English The machine seems to be simply an Air | applied to war vessels as a motor, but can mechanic residing in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- | Compressor of the simplest sort. be used as a defense against hostile attacks vania, who claims to have invented a It consists of one small cylinder (six | by means of air chambers placed behind machine which can store untold motive | horse power), with a balance weight of 75 | the armour plating. power or can be used without the expendi- | pounds, which runs the entire apparatus. (Source: Scientific American - ture of fuel. Another small cylinder, 5” in diameter, August 4th, 1888, page 69) WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ...? ALIEN GLYPH MESSAGES =~ Diagram 1 DECODED BY \ EN A "snap-shot" of SUPERCOMPUTER? Peppesbox Hh ™ — 3 messenger par- ticles hopping by Chris Illert i : . : : back and forward ; te ’ between the sub- Of course my colleagues and I had all atomic particles heard of strange circular patterns appearing in cornfields around the world, but until seeing more than a dozen at one time (in Quantum Field interpretation of the Pepperbox Hill glyph Nexus, May/June, 1991), we did not realise how intricate these patterns were, nor how The same process represent- much potential information they contained. ed as a "Feynman Diagram" Colleagues at the computing centre (with time plotted vertically) brought this matter to my attention know- shows subatomic particles ing that I am a physicist and computer sci- ‘A’ and 'B' coming together, entist who, in the past, has also deciphered exchanging 3 messenger ancient Egyptian and South American ; particles, then moving glyph messages. apart. Over a cup of tea we agreed upon the "terms of reference" for an investigation. Assuming that these cornfield patterns . are "glyphs" from an advanced alien lan- _ whilst ancient Egyptian texts might talk of ao guage, it was my task to decode them and lilies and waterwheels in the Nile, an deduce their likely meaning. advanced alien culture might, more appro- The first thing to notice about the priately, write about a matter-antimatter "glyphs" is that they do not appear to be drive for a starship in language resembling part of a linear script - you would not filla the famous "Feynman Diagrams" of wall on King Tut's tomb (or even a page of | Quantum Field Theory. a newspaper) with them. We all think of an electric field, or a Instead they fit inside each other, and gravitational field, as being "smooth" and join together, making a small number of "continuous" - decreasing smoothly in complex composite objects. strength, as one moves further away from An early impression was that the glyphs __ the source. could be blue-prints for the construction of But Quantum Field Theory says that Alton Barnes some kind of "machine" or "device". And __ things aren't like that! by Chris Illert A whilst ancient Egyptian texts might talk of lilies and waterwheels in the Nile, an advanced alien culture might, more appro- priately, write about a matter-antimatter drive for a starship in language resembling the famous "Feynman Diagrams" of Quantum Field Theory. We all think of an electric field, or a gravitational field, as being "smooth" and "continuous" - decreasing smoothly in strength, as one moves further away from the source. But Quantum Field Theory says that things aren't like that! NEXUS - 40 ALIEN GLYPH MESSAGES DECODED BY SUPERCOMPUTER? Quantum Field interpretation of the Pepperbox Hill glyph YEAR BOOK - JULY/AUGUST 1991