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Moray's new, more powerful, device used a range of different ‘tubes’ to Store, release and control the general flow of radiant energy. 56 = NEXUS This is to certify that on the evening of March 16, 1929, While the demonstration was being conducted and the in connection with Dr Wilkinson of Cedar City, | wit- lamps were receiving the energy through the apparatus, nessed a demonstration at the laboratory of T. H. Moray, the main switch that controls the lights in the building Salt Lake City, Utah. was opened. All the lights on the house circuit went out Dr Moray claims to have devised and invented an but the lights on the radiant energy circuit were not apparatus that will produce electrical energy without the altered—were neither brighter nor dimmer at the time. use of a prime mover, and this is the apparatus demon- Thus the lights could not have received their power from strated on this occasion above referred to. that source. The apparatus consisted of an antenna, specially bal- The condensers were thoroughly tested. The terminals anced, or aerial capacitor and a special ground wire. were shorted, the positive to the negative. If they had These were connected to the terminals of a switch. Two been batteries they would have showed a spark, but no wooden boxes were placed on a table. On one of these sign of a spark appeared. They were then tested by con- boxes was a high-frequency transformer and in the other necting them to the electric terminals. After thus being box were two sets of condensers, ten large condensers in charged the large condensers gave a vigorous discharge, one set and ten small condensers in the other set; two showing a brilliant strong arc and a loud snappy sound, composition cylinders, each about 1-1/8 inches in diam- showing a sudden discharge as condensers are supposed eter and four inches long, each of these weighing about to do and batteries never do. The small condensers were three or four ounces; and another box, approximately less vigorous in discharging but had the same snappy dis- hemispherical in shape, about two inches in diameter charge of a condenser—not how a battery discharges. and weighing about two ounces; and coils of wires and These tests proved positively that condensers and not bat- other equipment. teries were in the cases supposed by some to contain bat- These pieces of apparatus were connected by a num- teries. Besides, no batteries of such size could produce ber of wires, by which the such power. The boxes were hook-up was connected. completely emptied, thus Two of these wires were led leaving no possible place for out to the switch. One was batteries to be stored. attached to the blade of the Moray's new, more powerful Besides, the boxes were not switch and the other to the . ; . ; large enough to hide batter- jaw of the switch, so that device used a range of different ies in. when the switch was open "tubes' to store, release and During the time that the the antenna, lead-in, appara- ; lights were burning, the con- tus in the boxes and the control the general flow of nections with the big switch ground wire were all in radiant energy. were moved along the switch series. The other wires lead- and a vigorous arcing ing out of the box were con- occurred, thus proving that nected to six 100-watt lamps electrical energy was passing connected in multiple during through this apparatus. part of the demonstration, The electric lamps were and to a flat iron during part of the demonstration. receiving energy from some source, and during the During the demonstration the apparatus was connected demonstration, which lasted for more than an hour, the in series as above described, except that a small switch lights were brilliant at all times, just as bright at the last as connected in series with the coil was left open. at the first demonstration. Dr Moray energized and synchronized the device, and The lights on the demonstration were a different color in three or four minutes the lamps were lighted and and brighter and whiter than those on the house circuit. remained bright as long as the circuit was left closed, One is therefore forced to the conclusion that the elec- which was about sixty minutes. He then connected an trical energy was received from the other source and, dif- electric flat iron. In a short time the iron was hot. When ficult as it is to understand with our present generation's the ground wire was disconnected and then the lead-in knowledge, no other conclusion can be drawn from the was disconnected, the lights went out. demonstration as above described than that the energy Before and after the demonstration | closed the big was received by and through the apparatus as claimed by switch which connects or shorts the antenna and ground Dr Moray. and made other tests. If the antenna or lead-in wire were connected to the lighting circuit, this would have pro- This testimony gives some insight into the construction of the duced a short circuit. | further tested by closing and receiver, how it was often set up and how well it performed. opening the switch several times to see if any sparks There are no diagrams or detailed descriptions of exactly how the appeared, but there were no sparks. | placed my wet fin- device was put together. The only sources of information are the ger between the blade and the jaws of the switch and writings of Moray himself, written at a time when he still wanted could not feel any electricity. | touched my hand to both to keep the inner workings of his invention secret. However, it is sides of the switch and the wall to check for ground but still possible to glean some information on how a few of the inner could not feel anything. With the apparatus all connect- components operated. ed as when operating the lights, the contacts with the Moray's new, more powerful, device used a range of different switch were moved but produced no arcing. This indi- ‘tubes’ to store, release and control the general flow of radiant cates that the circuit was dead. energy. As has been mentioned before, the device was able to This testimony gives some insight into the construction of the receiver, how it was often set up and how well it performed. There are no diagrams or detailed descriptions of exactly how the device was put together. The only sources of information are the writings of Moray himself, written at a time when he still wanted to keep the inner workings of his invention secret. However, it is still possible to glean some information on how a few of the inner components operated. Moray's new, more powerful, device used a range of different ‘tubes’ to store, release and control the general flow of radiant energy. 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