It was delightful to see a raging snowstorm accumulate two inches of snow
around my house Sunday morning. I have about 120 species of plants. To li=
ve
in my house in Henderson for over 12 years and for the first time ever to
see my landscaping buried under all that snow was simply amazing.
I am forwarding Joe Newman's annotations of Paul Jagnow's comments on
Hartmann's work on Mr. Newman's electric motor, otherwise known as the
Newman energy machine.
But first, if Joe wouldn't mind, I have some practical suggestions to mak=
e:
Joe has traveled a long, hard road extending over several decades in
inventing new types of electrical rotating machines. I admire greatly his
perseverance and ingenuity.
I believe he needs to take a fresh look at how best to commercialize his
Newman energy machine. He might to some extent be an unwitting victim of
ingrained habits of thought that have accumulated over many years and are
now locked into his approach to commercialization of his inventions.
I suggest Joe look up
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/7667/terry.html
The site contains many pages of practical information on commercializing
inventions courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Before joining Film Funding, Inc., in 1992, and from whom I had resigned =
a
month ago, I worked as a technical writer for 19 electronic engineering
companies - 18 in Silicon Valley, and EG&G Special Projects here
in Las Vegas, Nevada. While nearly all of the equipment I worked on were
computers, I got to see quite a diversity of engineering and manufacturin=
g
organizations and how they really worked from the inside.
(The reason I worked for so many companies was that I traveled during the
summer months. One vacation lasted ten months - way too long. I learned m=
y
lesson - keep my vacations down to a maximum of six months!)
The basic principles of such organizations are generally the same. They a=
ll
have a part numbering system of some type. (I have a file on my idea of h=
ow
to set up a part numbering system.) People are required who know how to
design and build the mechanical packaging of apparatus such as sheet meta=
l,
paint, connectors, mounting brackets, etc. Other typically needed skills
include manufacturability analysis, quality assurance, drafting, purchasi=
ng,
marketing, publications, document control, engineering services, etc.
For the past six years, for a small company here in Las Vegas, Nevada kno=
wn
as Film Funding, Inc., I have been researching and writing the disclosure
documents for initial public offerings for startup companies. Their propo=
sed
products and services have included electric cars, computerized shock
absorbers, airline, radio station, restaurant, oil and gas consulting,
magnets and alternative medicine, gambling consulting, hiking guidebooks,
classic auto restoration, computerized landscape design service, miniatur=
e
horses, movie production,
polarized glass coatings, topless country western show, penpoint computer=
s,
business report and newsletter publishing, association of nails technicia=
ns,
standardized national virtual reality computer and video-based mortgage
originating system, mortgage brokerage, urban maps, incorporating Nevada
corporations, chain of child care centers, swimming pool contractor, golf
store expansion, aquaponic food factory, and hiking trail videotapes.
Nearly all of them never became fully commercially successful. However, I
have
certainly acquired a diversity of useful experience in analyzing startup
companies and assisting with developing business plans.
If it seems practical, I try to advise startup companies to start making =
and
selling their hot new product/service as soon as possible, even if they h=
ave
to use their garage as their factory. The aim should be to startup a
positive cashflow, and then keep the cashflow positive. Financing expansi=
on
into more formal facilities out of internal cashflow
could come sooner than expected. Securing initial investment capital out =
of
venture capital firms, IPOs, angels, etc. seems more nearly impossible th=
an
most inventors realize, I am sorry to say.
There seems to be a tendency for inventors to start out with grand plans,
particularly with a new source of energy. If I understand the Newman ener=
gy
machine's
potential correctly, it could be used to power boats, cars, locomotives,
industrial machinery, military apparatus, propeller-driven airplanes,
electric heaters, large and small appliances, lights, etc.
In Joe's case, probably a first step which doesn't require biting off mor=
e
than he can chew should be to try to identify some market niches that can
command high prices for limited volume and yet do not require excessive
up-front engineering. Then go after one or two niches - building by hand =
if
he has to. The crucially important objective is to start making and shipp=
ing
specific commercial models even if they are small one-horsepower units at
first.
I suggest using Jim Griggs' development of his
Griggs hydrosonic pump as a role model. The hydrosonic pump seems destine=
d
to become a
billion-dollar invention with many applications. It is really a boiler, n=
ot
a pump. Inventor Griggs has been calling it a pump so as to avoid needles=
s
tangling up
with strict American Society of Mechanical Engineers boiler codes since i=
t
doesn't require high pressure to operate.
Mechanical input power rotates the shaft, and plain water is converted to
steam without the need for hot surfaces. The process seems to be actually=
a
form of fusion where collapsing microscopic bubbles momentarily create
extremely high pressures and temperatures. The technical term for this
phenomenon is =93sono-luminescence=94. The energy conversion efficiency i=
s
around 130%. (To prevent confusion, it should be clearly understood that =
the
hydrosonic pump on the macro scale does not operate at high temperatures =
and
pressures as is the case with fossil-fueled boilers.)
Mr. Griggs started off by building each unit by hand and selling it to a
local customer in his city of Atlanta, Georgia. Then he could convenientl=
y
observe how each unit is holding up in actual use. If defects or
improvements arise, he could make needed changes with his next hand-built
unit.
As of May 1996, Mr. Griggs had 14 units actually installed and operating.
One
application is for producing clean steam on demand for a commercial laund=
ry.
Based on feedback from customers=92 experience with them, he is evolving
step-by-step in an organized manner towards eventual mass production of
fully validated units.
I would like to see Joe set himself a goal of building by hand and
commercially installing by 2000 five small units of his energy machine ri=
ght
around Phoenix where he is now living. Then I think he would have an easi=
er
time of attracting serious investment capital.
It is much easier to obtain expansion capital for fully debugged and
validated actual
commercially installed units than =93laboratory queens=94 which then fail=
to
perform as advertised in public demonstrations. I can not over-emphasize =
the
importance of fully debugging and validating a specific commercial model
before jumping into mass manufacturing and marketing.
If Joe does try to start a company to commercialize his energy machine, o=
ne
of the things that should be done first is to draft an effective corporat=
e
mission statement which includes answering all of the
following questions:
1. Does it identify the corporation=92s fundamental reason to exist such=
as
mission - overreaching purpose; vision - future state, what it wants to
become? Are the corporation=92s primary, long-term goals crystallized?
2. Are the means - core principles and values - through which the purpose=
s
will be achieved clearly identified?
3. Is the broader and more stable mission statement sufficiently distinct
from the more specific and dynamic core strategy?
4. Are the key needs of the primary stakeholders adequately addressed?
5. Is its language and intent challenging yet relevant and realistic?
6. Does it inspire and motivate management and employees?
If Joe hasn't already done so, I recommend incorporating his company in
Nevada.
I have a file that I can e-mail him that is a list a few pages long of th=
e
advantages of incorporating in Nevada.
That's all for now. I hope I have been of some help to Joe.
Gary Vesperman
vman@skylink.net
(Now the beginning of Joe's annotations of Paul Jagnow's comments.)
Reference Paul Jagnow's criticisms of my life's work as verified by Stefa=
n
Hartmann of Germany:
I strongly recommend for Jagnow or any other doubter to read pages 102 th=
ru
112 of my book (The Energy Machine of Joseph Newman) concerning "Heat" an=
d
the great wisdom of Joseph Black.
Hartmann clearly stated that he was using 600 volts and around 12
milliamps. That is only 7.2 watts of input power.
Concerning Joseph Black's (1728-1799) work as quoted from page 102 of my
book:
"To the great surprise of Joseph Black's colleagues, and even to us today=
,
Black demonstrated that water continues to increase in temperature until =
it
comes to a boil and then the temperature rise will stop and remain the sa=
me
until all the water is boiled away. Such a constant temperature is
observed EVEN IF EXTREME HEAT IS EMPLOYED. Moreover, the reverse is true
when the vapor or steam condenses." (Emphasis added).
Accordingly: There was no "steam" involved in the process since the carb=
on
rods were TOTALLY IMMERSED UNDER WATER. Also, Stefan Hartmann did not
produce HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE with ONLY 7.2 WATTS OF INPUT POWER
INTO HIS ENTIRE NEWMAN MOTOR DEMONSTRATION!
Mr. Paul Jagnow's comment that "what Stefan has reported seems to fit wel=
l
within the expectations of 'normal science'" is BULL!
Both Stefan Hartmann and Jean-Louis Nadin -- who have studied my book and
diligently followed the Scientific Method -- have achieved scientific
verification of my life's work.
THEIR POSITIVE ACTIONS ARE PROOF THAT THE PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP! MORE SUC=
H
THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE WILL SO VERIFY MY LIFE'S WORK FOR HUMANITY!
-- Joseph Westley Newman