v/r Ken Carrigan
>Hi Boyd!
>
>Thanks for the interesting information which I did post to the list so
>expect some questions..<g>..
>
>I was most intrigued by your comment about the expansion of water by
>1676 times its volume.
>
>I knew nitrogen going from its cryogenic state to a gas state will
>expand 980 times its volume but this was new to me.
>
>The reason I am so enthralled with it is because of a claim written in
>the late 1800's about Keely type stuff from a guy who said there was a
>'commonly known' method of producing a mechanically derived pressure
>from water.
>
>Apparently involving cooling in the process but I'd have to look up
>the details (only in a small letter to a newspaper which I've posted
>here before).
>
>The guy says he ROUTINELY produced 15-17 psi for his experiments just
>by somehow manipulating water mechanically....this is VERY IMPORTANT
>and I've not been able to find anyone who has a clue about it.
>
>Why? Because he said that using this same mechanical technique he
>could easily generate any pressure so desired simply by scaling up the
>device.
>
>It was apparently a very small table top unit that produced the 15-17
>psi.
>
>Do you have any thoughts on this???
>=============================
>---Boytrell@aol.com wrote:
>
>Today we have vacuums as high as 28.5 inches of Hg. Thats not
>difficult to believe when you know that when water first starts to
>boil it expands 1676 times, so it's easy to see that when it
>condenses it must contract 1676 times.
>
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