I think the correct German spelling is: zokwelle, welle meaning `wave'
Best,
Theo Paijmans
mbe1284@elektro.fontys.nl wrote:
> I found in this old mailinglist message the explanation of ZOKWENDLE :
>
> >>During the 1930's, an Austrian civil engineer named Viktor Schauberger
> invented
> >>and partially developed an 'IMPLOSION TURBINE' [German name,
> >>'ZOKWENDLE']. As described in the book 'A BREAKTHROUGH TO NEW
> >>FREE-EVERGY SOURCES', by Dan A. Davidson, 1977, water is pumped by an
> >>IMPELLER pump through a LOGARITHMIC- SPIRAL-SHAPED coil of tubing until
> >>it reaches a CRITICAL VELOCITY. The water then implodes, no longer
> >>touching the inside walls of the tubing, and drives the pump, which then
> >>converts the pump's motor into an electric generator. The device seems
> >>to be tapping [the dynamo energy of] the Earth's rotation, via the
> >>'Coriolis effect', like a Tornado."
>
> Regards,
> WJ
>
> "Jerry W. Decker" schreef:
>
> {snip}
>
> > As to the vimana...yes, I can see how that teardrop shape could be
> > useful....you know, Dan Davidson reported on Schaubergers
> > 'Zokwendle'..I've never found the meaning of Zok but wendle means
> > 'coil'...it was a self running machine that produced power from a
> > generator driven by vortex flow of water.
>
> {snip}
>
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