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CAN GRAVITY be INDUCED?
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Observational Evidence and Verifiable Proof for
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A Dynamic GRAVAC Sun
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by
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Stephen Paul Goodfellow
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1987
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CONTENT:
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Introduction Page 3
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A Solar Shell 4
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Proof 4
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Elusive Neutrinos 5
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Sunspots 6
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Thought Model 6
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Plasma: The Super-Hot Gas 7
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Rudiments of the dynamic GRAVAC Cycle 8
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Helioseismology - The Ring of Truth 9
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Related Natural Phenomena 9
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Mr. Science & the Breezy Room 10
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Nature's Gravity Wells 10
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Consequences of a GRAVAC Sun 11
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Conclusion 12
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Credits 14
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References 15
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INTRODUCTION
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It has long been believed that gravity is the fundamental cause of
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solar radiation.
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The presently popular Hydrogen/Fusion Core theory rests on the
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assumption that the mutual gravitational attraction of the Sun's
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individual atoms override all other acting forces, thereby causing the
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Suns mass to contract. This in turn creates the internal pressures
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which inaugurate nuclear fusion within the Sun's core.
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This scenario appears to be reasonably logical at a glance, but when
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viewed in the sharp light of observational evidence, it becomes
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glaringly obvious that the reasoning upon which the Hydrogen/Fusion
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Core theory rests is unsound and quite erroneous.
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Despite the fact that virtually every major solar observation is at
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odds with this popular solar model, physicists continue to subscribe
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to it because there does not seem to be a logical alternative.
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The wound caused by this dilemma is deep and there for all to see; the
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ability to control a sustained fusion reaction continues to elude
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researchers, chiefly because of the alchemic approach with which they
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attempt to apply their craft.
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The reason for this sad state of affairs is simple: Fusion research is
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so costly that in their eagerness to magnetically cage the fusion
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reaction, scientists forgo the necessary research needed to understand
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what goes on in the fusion process.
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It is not unlike a blind man attempting to restrain a beast he cannot
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see; the blind man builds traps and cages without understanding the
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nature of the beast.
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Such an attempt must surely end in failure.
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PLASMA is the name of the beast that we must strive to understand; it
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is a super hot gas of disassociated electrons and protons. When
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united within a common magnetic field it is capable of performing
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incredible configurations.
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Its nature is so different from solid, liquid or gas states, that it
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has been designated a state of matter in its own right: a plasma, the
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fourth state of matter.
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Faced with such an awesome discovery, it would seem reasonable to
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assume nothing is as we expected it to be. In the light of this newly
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discovered state of matter, we should proceed as if perceiving the
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universe for the first time. NONE of the four known forces in the
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universe ( the Strong, Weak, Electromagnetic and gravitational,) nor
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their interactions with the known states of matter - may be taken for
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granted when we know there is a new player on the field.
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When the dynamic state of the plasma was realized, solar physicists
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seem to have been reluctant to consider the Sun anew; the
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intermittently arriving new knowledge of plasma states continue to be
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ignored or hastily incorporated into a solar theory already beset
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with unreconcilable contradictions, resulting in a hodge-podge of
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discontinuous conjectures.
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The focal point of this current dilemma lies in the fact that our
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science community suffers from an unshakable faith in the
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inviolableness of mass/gravity. It is taken for granted that the
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gravitational force is dependent on the quantity of matter present.
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This is an unproven conjecture - an act of faith.
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Such an attitude has for too many years confined potentially creative
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ideas within constrictions which in reality do not exist. I believe
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strongly that such unbending dogma does not belong in the quest for
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truth, because it has no relation to the objective universe.
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A SOLAR SHELL
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Our Sun is empty; its mass is distributed in a shell about an
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"Absolute vacuum."
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As I shall demonstrate, an Absolute vacuum induces gravity; it is a
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rift upon which mass/energy space gravitationally implodes. This
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implosion continuously heats the Sun's plasma which in turn maintains
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the Sun's Absolute vacuum. I call this the Gravity/Vacuum Cycle, or
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the GRAVAC Cycle.
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The electromagnetic potential of a given quantity of mass in a plasma
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state is 1 X 10 to the 40th times stronger(1) than its gravitational
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potential. Because of this, the Sun can radiate by the interlocking of
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an induced gravitational force that is brought about by the
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electromagnetic force.
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This comes about because the Sun's plasma is magnetically polarized,
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repelling electrons from electrons and protons from protons. By this
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process the mass of the Sun is magnetically repulsed and flies apart
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creating an Absolute Vacuum. In turn, this Absolute Vacuum induces
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gravity. The induced gravity restrains the Sun's plasma from further
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outward expansion, and it is the struggle between the inhibiting
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induced gravity and the repulsive magnetic properties of the plasma
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which cause the solar shell to radiate.
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PROOF
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For this solar model to work, it requires that absolutely no mass, nor
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radiation can travel through an Absolute vacuum. Therefore, the
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experimental evidence of this solar model rests on the following
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proof:
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*It can be demonstrated that neutrinos cannot pass through the Sun*
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Small subatomic particles called neutrinos emanate from stars.(2) To
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an observer on Earth, each star has its own neutrino fingerprint,
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which can be determined by the angle of neutrino approach and the
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different neutrino energy levels that individual stars produce.
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Because neutrinos are so small and have no charge, most are able to
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pass through the Earth without hitting anything. Astrophysicists
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believe that a flow of neutrinos would pass through the Sun without
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the majority of the neutrinos being stopped by collisions.(3)
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But is this so?
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Imagine that you are observing neutrinos emanating from an energetic
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star which is about to be eclipsed by the Sun. When the star is
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eclipsed, present logic would dictate that neutrinos from the eclipsed
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star would pass through the Sun.
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I propose that they will not.
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It is my prediction that the neutrino flow from the star will stop at
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the moment of occultation ( when the star passes behind the sun.) The
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reason for this is because the Sun's interior is not a ball of mass in
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conventional space, as it is presently believed;(4) on the contrary,
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it is an Absolute vacuum through which nothing passes.
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Of course, it is not so easy to look for neutrinos passing through the
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Sun. An actual experiment would be more complicated, but could
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probably be performed along these lines:
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Due to the fact that neutrino collisions are scarce, one has to rely
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on a record compiled through time in order to get an accurate
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determination. You will need a computer and as extensive a compilation
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of recorded data of neutrino collisions as possible. The greater span
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of time the records cover, the more accurate the result.
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Take the orbit of the Sun ( as seen from Earth,) and break it down
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into 365 windows or 'sectors' on the plane of the ecliptic, one for
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each day of a year. The Sun will pass through all 365 sectors in one
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year, spending 24 hours in each sector.
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Design a program for the computer so that it will list all the
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neutrinos with an angle of approach that comes within the band divided
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into 365 sectors.
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Eliminate all neutrinos from your data that show energy levels
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consistent with those of our Sun.
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Now compile the sectors that the Sun was in each day. Compare them to
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the 364 other sectors that the Sun was not in.
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If present theories on stellar physics are correct, then neutrinos
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from stellar and galactic sources should flow unimpaired through the
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Sun, and there will be NO DISCERNIBLE QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCE between
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the Sun sectors and the 364 other sectors that the Sun was not in.
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This will not be so.
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I predict that the data will exhibit a CONSISTENT DECREASE of
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interstellar and intergalactic neutrinos within the solar sectors.
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ELUSIVE NEUTRINOS
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This chapter offers observational evidence which led me to my
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conclusions.
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Problem:
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Dr. Raymond Davis of the Brookhaven National Laboratory has been
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monitoring the emanation of neutrons from the Sun since 1967, and he
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has demonstrated that the flow of these neutrinos amounts to less than
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1/3 of the amount anticipated by the current hydrogen fusion core
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theories.(5) Why?
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Solution:
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The deficiency in the neutrino count may be accounted for as follows;
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neutrinos originate from, or near, the Sun's surface. Since nothing
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can travel through the Sun's Absolute vacuum interior, only the
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neutrinos produced on the side of the Sun facing us reach the Earth.
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Those neutrinos originating from the opposite side of the Sun cannot
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penetrate the Sun's absolute vacuum interior and so escape the Earth
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based observer.
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This is the cause for the lesser neutrino flow observed to be coming
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from the Sun.
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Problem:
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When sunspots occur on the Sun's photosphere, the neutrino count
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drops.
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Neutrinos have no charge and so cannot be affected by the magnetic
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field of sunspots on the Sun's surface.
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If neutrinos originate from the Sun's core and travel outwards, then
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sunspots on the photospheric surface should have no effect on the
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neutrinos. These subatomic particles should pass to the observer
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unimpeded, yet the neutrino count is diminished during sunspot
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activity.(6) Why?
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Solution:
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Neutrinos originate near the Sun's photospheric surface.
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Within sunspots there is decreased temperature and luminosity, so
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there is less likelihood of neutrino production; hence a decrease of
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neutrinos during sunspot activity.
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SUNSPOTS
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Problem:
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Sunspots are depressions in the Sun's photospheric surface.(7) If the
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interior of a sunspot is closer to the Sun's supposed core, why does
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it get cooler and darker and not hotter and brighter in these areas?
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Solution:
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The Sun has no core.
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A sunspot depression is darker because it is closer to the Sun's
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Absolute vacuum interior.
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THOUGHT MODEL
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If the Sun's mass is only a thin shell of matter, how does one account
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for its powerful gravitational attraction?
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It is time for a thought model.
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Imagine the air in front of you. Imagine now that you can apply a
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force to expel the air away from a given volume. First, you may
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notice that the most efficient shape to maintain a vacuum is a sphere.
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Next, you might observe that the exterior air is attracted to the
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vacuum -- an attraction which falls away with the square of the
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distance from the source. This attraction is a feature which exhibits
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the same characteristics as the force of gravity.
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To illustrate this concept, stir a cup of tea or coffee and carefully
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pour in some milk. Notice how the interior of the vortex moves faster
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than the area further out from the vortex.
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A vortex has a low pressure interior and high pressure exterior. It
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behaves in a manner identical to that of the planets orbiting the Sun,
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in that both phenomena obey Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion(8)
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- which is a notable characteristic of gravity.
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Another way you can observe this attraction at work is to hold a
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vacuum cleaner nozzle up to a source of smoke. The attraction of smoke
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to the vacuum nozzle will fall off with the square of the distance
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from the nozzle, just like gravity.
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Let us take our thought model into the real universe.
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Space - any space - anywhere, contains a measure of mass/energy. The
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proof of this is the Background Radiation which pervades our universe.
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Even the 'thinnest' space is a veritable soup of radiation, virtual
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particles and even whole atoms passing through any given volume at
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phenomenal speeds.(9)
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It follows that the laws of pressure that we applied to our thought
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model should hold true anywhere in the universe; wherever there is
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pressure, a vacuum will attract.
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If an Absolute vacuum were possible, what behavior would we expect of
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its nature? How would the universe respond to such a phenomenon?
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Dictionaries describe a vacuum as: 'A space devoid of matter.' This
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definition is no longer a sufficient description of a vacuum, since it
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appears that all space in the Universe contains some measure of
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mass/energy. Perhaps a better description would be: 'A Vacuum is a
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volume devoid of space.'
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Such a volume might be quite different from conventional space. Since
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temperature is a result of mass/energy space, it is reasonable to
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assume that the temperature of an Absolute Vacuum must be absolute
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zero.
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If time is a consequence of mass/energy space, then an Absolute Vacuum
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must be without time. An observer within such a field would not be
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affected by the time frame of exterior space; time would stand still
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for that observer while the exterior universe raced on.
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A magnetic field is a manifestation of mass/energy but it is NOT
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mass/energy in itself. Because of this it seems reasonable to assume
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that a magnetic field may exist within an absolute vacuum.
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In our thought model we used an imaginary force to maintain a
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continuous vacuum. Is there any way of demonstrating the existence of
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this force?
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PLASMA: THE SUPER-HOT GAS
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As I mentioned in the introduction, it was not long ago, that physics
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classified matter into only three states: Solid, liquid, and gas.
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It was not realized until recently that a gas heated to a very high
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temperature does not obey the law of gasses; it displays a behavior
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unique to its own nature and scientists have only recently begun to
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probe its secrets.(10) So different is this state from a regular gas,
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that it has been classified as a fourth state of matter: a plasma.(11)
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Because all stars consist of this super-hot gas, it is estimated that
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over ninety percent of the known universe exists in a plasma
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state.(12)
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Put simply, plasma is a super-hot gas in which electrons are
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stripped away from protons, placing particles of like polarity in the
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same camp.
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Plasmas which are shot through a plasma gun ( a magnetic field,) and
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into a vacuum tube display well defined structure. Unfortunately,
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because of the speed (120 miles per second,) with which the plasma
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makes its way down the vacuum tube, photos reveal only a glimmering of
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the complexity that can be contributed to plasma structure. However,
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it is known that the plasma structure can evolve into a helix-like
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flow composed of two separate streams, one consisting of electrons and
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the other of protons. Furthermore, it has been observed that the
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structure as a whole maintains a stable shape that can best be
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described as a cross between a doughnut and a "Slinky" - a toy spring
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that can 'walk' down a staircase, - turned in on itself.(13)
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It is significant that electrons and protons can organize into
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separate camps, because like particles of the same charge repel one
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another.
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If it is possible to produce a plasma configuration where the mutual
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repulsion of particles occur, then it is likely that the volume left
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in their wake is an Absolute Vacuum.
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It strikes me that it would be a fruitful enterprise to monitor some
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future plasma experiments with a sensitive gravimeter to see if known
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plasma configurations exhibit inducing gravity characteristics.
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RUDIMENTS OF THE DYNAMIC GRAVAC CYCLE
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Although it is highly possible that the following scenario is a gross
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oversimplification, I believe it to be an accurate thumbnail rendition
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of the Sun's mode of propagation. I call it the Solar Gravity/Vacuum
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Cycle, or the Solar GRAVAC cycle:
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Imagine a gaseous giant, perhaps a little bigger than Jupiter. The
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gravitational sum of its mass causes intense pressure and so generates
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atomic fusion at its center.
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The fusion reaction splits up protons and electrons which are forced
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into like camps, where they repel one another.
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However, the plasma can only travel outwards a finite distance,
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because it has left an Absolute Vacuum in its wake.
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The attraction of mass/energy space towards the Absolute Vacuum causes
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a gravitational implosion.
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The plasma has nowhere to go. It cannot go further inwards, because of
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the repulsive magnetic field; nor can it expand outwards, due to the
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gravity holding it back - what's a plasma to do?
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To answer this question, try the following: Rub your hands together
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fast and furious. See how they get hot?
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The solar hydrogen shell is under intense pressure at the vacuum
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boundary and this causes the Sun's radiation. The released energy
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maintains the plasma because electrons are stripped from protons and
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so the cycle repeats, thereby maintaining the radiation of the Sun.
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The energy needed to maintain a total vacuum of a given volume is
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equal to the energy radiating from its boundary. In the case of our
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sun, that is 3.38 X 10 to the 33 ergs/sec.(14)
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Let us now review the cycle:
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A primordial giant planet - larger than Jupiter - inaugurates standard
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gravitational compression in core of proto-sun...Pressure...Nuclear
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Fusion.....Plasma.....Electrons form Camp/ Protons form
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Camp....Magnetic repulsion....Induced Gravitational Attraction...
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And then back to ' Pressure.'....
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This concept is in harmony with the conservation of angular momentum,
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in that it accounts for the relatively slow rotation of our Sun.
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Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun, has by far the greatest
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portion of angular momentum of the Solar System. If the Sun contracted
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from a cloud of hydrogen, one would expect the center to rotate the
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fastest, like a spinning ice skater will rotate faster if she draws
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her arms into her side. The GRAVAC scenario suggests that the early
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proto-Sun's spin was considerable while it was a dense ball of mass,
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but as it inaugurated nuclear fusion and expanded into a thin shell of
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plasma, it lost its angular momentum - like the ice skater letting her
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arms out and slowing down.(15)
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HELIOSEISMOLOGY - THE RING OF TRUTH
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A whole new science has recently sprung up called Helioseismology. It
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has been observed that the Sun vibrates, rather like a bell. It is
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presently believed that solar resonances are propagated acoustically
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from the Sun's core.(16)
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But is this so?
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Solar oscillations came as a complete surprise to solar theorists
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because one does not usually associate structures that get denser
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towards their center as good candidates for effective oscillators.
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Hollow structures, such as bells are good oscillators; so too is a
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GRAVAC Sun.
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We know from studying the powerful magnetic fields that erupt from
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sunspot depressions that the Sun is capable of propagating interior
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magnetic fields reaching thousands of gauss.(17)
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It is this interior field which causes the Sun's magnetically
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sensitive outer shell to dance upon the interior magnetic field, like
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the oscillations produced by an acoustic speaker.
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A blind-folded person would be hard pressed to tell whether he is
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being addressed directly or via a speaker.
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The same is true for Helioseismology; the observer is blind to the
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interior and so the information is interpreted in the light of present
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concepts of solar theory.
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Helioseismologists have discovered a condition in the Sun's shallower
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layers which is at variance with conventional core models: Through
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frequency splittings resulting from the Sun's rotation, it is observed
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that the rotation actually decreases with depth. It is hard for any
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core theory to come to terms with this lack of angular momentum.(18)
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This observation of the Sun suggests an inversion - a sun turned
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inside out.
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RELATED NATURAL PHENOMENA
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Vocal cords produce compressional waves ( high and low pressures )
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that travel through the air. These waves are received by the ear,
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which converts them into electro-chemical impulses that are
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distributed to the relevant centers of the brain.(19)
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The ear also acts as a mechanism of body balance; the semi-circular
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canals allow the brain to determine the position of the head in
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relation to the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
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If pressure and gravity were two separate and unrelated forces, would
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one not expect to find two distinctly separate organs to monitor these
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phenomena?
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A plane flies through the air; its forward motion produces a flow of
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air above the wing which creates a standing low pressure center.(20)
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The plane is sucked into the air, away from the Earth's gravitational
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field. Again we observe an interplay between the forces of pressure
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and gravity.
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When a rocket in space fires its engines, the same interplay of forces
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are at work. The rocket places a high pressure behind itself; in so
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doing it can be said that a low pressure center exists in front of the
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rocket, and the rocket moves in that direction.
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MR. SCIENCE & THE BREEZY ROOM
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I have constructed a very special room. Its design allows for a flow
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of air through the ceiling and floor of the room. It has no windows
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and whoever is inside is unable to make any exterior observations. As
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with Einstein's famous accelerating rocket,(21) the observer is free
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to draw conclusions from any phenomena that take place in the room,
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but he is unaware of the exterior environment.
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We now place a fan above the roof of the room which forces air
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downwards. Air flows through the room and Mr. Science takes note.
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The room is now placed on a high tower some distance above the Earth.
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Imagine that we now pile an enormous quantity of air above the tower.
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Due to the Earths gravitational attraction which causes the atmosphere
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'hug' the planet, the air will flow back towards the Earth and regain
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its composure.
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In doing so, the air will also flow through Mr. Science's room - he
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takes note.
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When asked about the nature of the two experiments, he tells us that
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he believes them to be identical - a flow of air from top to bottom.
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He is unaware that the first experiment was the result of pressure;
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nor does he know that the second experiment was caused by gravity. He
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therefore concludes that the nature of the force that propelled the
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air through the room was the same in both instances; to Mr. Science,
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pressure_and_gravity_are_identical!
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NATURE'S GRAVITY WELLS
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Earlier, I mentioned that a vortex in a stirred cup of coffee mimics
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the force of gravity. This phenomena is not limited to our cup; it
|
||
manifests itself throughout nature's domain.
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The low pressure eye of a hurricane is a strangely tranquil place in
|
||
which there is little wind and the blue sky can be seen above, while
|
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on all sides the high pressure fury circulates. Such is the power of
|
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the hurricane's eye that the ocean has been observed to rise several
|
||
feet higher in this center than the ocean level surrounding the
|
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eye.(22)
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This rise in sea level is caused by the low pressure of the
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hurricane's eye; the mass of the ocean in the eye is attracted to the
|
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relative vacuum. As with gravity, the attraction to the eye falls off
|
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with the square of the distance from its center.
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||
|
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Spiral galaxies mimic the vortex and their shape leaves us with some
|
||
perplexing questions: If galaxies are gravitationally-bound systems in
|
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dynamic equilibrium, they should consist of enough matter to hold
|
||
themselves together.
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Surprisingly, it would appear that there is not enough matter present
|
||
in galaxies to achieve this, thereby giving rise to the famous
|
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'Missing Mass Problem'.(23)
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How does a spiral galaxy obtain the additional gravitational force
|
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when it does not have a corresponding quantity of matter? Is it
|
||
possible that its high energy center is an Absolute Vacuum?
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If the GRAVAC scenario proves correct, then it is not an unreasonable
|
||
speculation that galactic centers of a spiral galaxies are inducing
|
||
gravity without a corresponding quantity of mass.
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||
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||
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF A GRAVAC SUN
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|
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The concept of Absolute Vacuums may go some way to explain Olbers
|
||
Paradox, which states that, if space is infinite, why is the sky not
|
||
bright with radiative sources?
|
||
If space is interrupted with Absolute Vacuums, - and there would be as
|
||
many of these as there are stars - then any given area of space would
|
||
in effect be 'shielded' from other quadrants.
|
||
|
||
If the Sun is merely a shell of mass and so has considerably less mass
|
||
than hitherto expected, then it cannot afford to merely drift around
|
||
living off its limited mass, or it would soon expend its supply of
|
||
fuel. This suggests that there must be some mechanism through which
|
||
the Sun replenishes its dwindling fuel supply.
|
||
I would suggest that it does this by orbiting the galaxy, 'feeding'
|
||
off the clouds and globules that pervade the Milky Way. The Sun's
|
||
magnetic and gravitational capacity make for an efficient 'food
|
||
foraging' mechanism. Both nebulae and Sun travel in the same direction
|
||
about the galaxy, like cars traveling in the same direction on a
|
||
highway.
|
||
Although the Sun is unlikely to collide with the nebulae on a given
|
||
trajectory, their mutual gravitational attraction will alter the Sun's
|
||
course towards the cloud and the Sun will plunge into the nebula's
|
||
hydrogen-rich interior.
|
||
It is estimated that the Sun's magnetic influence reaches well beyond
|
||
the planets of our solar system. When highly accelerated particles of
|
||
the solar wind collide with the gas and dust of space, electrons and
|
||
protons are knocked off from one another, thus making these particles
|
||
within the Sun's heliosphere magnetically sensitive. This is somewhat
|
||
similar to the static cling you get in a drier. The charged particle
|
||
follows the magnetic fieldlines to the north or south pole of the Sun,
|
||
depending on the polarity of the particle. The Sun's gravitational and
|
||
magnetic fields are an effective means of sweeping the galactic plane
|
||
for matter.
|
||
We can see this effect on a smaller scale with our own planet when we
|
||
watch the cascade of particles coming to Earth in the form of the
|
||
Aurora Borealis.
|
||
In the same way the Sun consumes the matter which is necessary for its
|
||
continued existence.
|
||
Our Sun is presently not in a nebula, and so it is not digesting much
|
||
matter at the moment, but if you look at stars in these nebulae, you
|
||
will see that they are in a highly energetic state.
|
||
I suggest that this is due to the infalling matter which excites the
|
||
surface of these suns. Many astronomers believe that the high energy
|
||
state of suns in nebulae is due to their youth, and they point to the
|
||
Hurtzsprung-Russell diagram as the proof of this.
|
||
The Hurtzsprung-Russell diagram plots stars on a chart in order of
|
||
their magnitude and temperature, and it is believed that this tells us
|
||
something about the evolution of stars.
|
||
Can we rely on such a diagram for evolutionary information? Consider
|
||
this little story:
|
||
|
||
An umpire is standing in a crowded stadium. Upon his nose is an
|
||
intelligent wart. This wart desires to know the process of evolution
|
||
of its host, namely the umpire. In order to aid itself in this quest,
|
||
the wart observes the other people in the stadium. Although the wart
|
||
cannot see, it is able to monitor heartbeats and blood pressure of
|
||
people present.
|
||
Armed with this information, the wart constructs a graph upon which it
|
||
places the rate of hart beat and blood pressure of all the people in
|
||
the stadium.
|
||
The wart now mistakenly believes that by comparing people in this
|
||
manner, it has acquired a system that displays a sequence of evolution
|
||
from youth to old age.
|
||
In reality, the graph displays no such information; it merely
|
||
describes the momentary state of excitement of the people in the
|
||
stadium. The same is true for stars in nebulae. Stars of any age burn
|
||
hotter and brighter while feeding.
|
||
|
||
|
||
CONCLUSION
|
||
|
||
In 1979 I stayed in Chicago with a friend who had been kind enough to
|
||
give me lodging while I was organizing an exhibition of my artwork.
|
||
One evening, after a particularly strenuous day I took a long lazy
|
||
soak in the bath. By chance I grabbed up an astronomy periodical which
|
||
lay atop a stack of magazines which happened to contain pictures taken
|
||
by the Voyager spacecraft which had recently passed through the Jovian
|
||
system. Those images held me transfixed for hours, and the tub water
|
||
was quite cold when I emerged from its primordial soup.
|
||
Eight years later and after considerable reflection I still cannot
|
||
dissect, much less put into any coherent order of thought, the
|
||
process that led to the chrysalis which formed in my mind; I can only
|
||
offer its fruits.
|
||
These writings are an attempt to put the essence of that vision into a
|
||
semblance of order.
|
||
In the process of writing this paper I have come to realize that we
|
||
live in an outrageously animated universe where nature's ingenuity is
|
||
law. Within this cosm, no cohesive entity is allowed existence unless
|
||
the efficiency of its structure has undergone nature's rigorous
|
||
trials.
|
||
If suns feed through the manipulation of electromagnetism and gravity,
|
||
it would seem reasonable to assume that they would do so in the most
|
||
efficient way possible.
|
||
Consider natures 'invention' of the strawberry flower. This is an
|
||
efficient device which allows for pollination and fruit. Pollination
|
||
assures reproduction. The fruit which are derived from the pollinated
|
||
flower are specifically designed for the survival of its offspring.
|
||
The seeds that are imbedded on the surface of the strawberry pass
|
||
unharmed through the animal digestive system. In this way the
|
||
offspring are deposited in a rich compost, away from the parent plant
|
||
thereby avoiding competition.
|
||
I propose that it is the nature of suns exhibit the same measure of
|
||
ingenuity.
|
||
In space, mass is scarce and suns will have evolved in such a way as
|
||
to take the greatest advantage of the mass that is available to them.
|
||
Mass - from which gravity and electromagnetism are derived - are the
|
||
tools with which suns seek their fuel. If suns can induce gravity -
|
||
make more gravity than the corresponding quantity of mass allows -
|
||
then they will have sought a way to do so, for it is the nature of all
|
||
life-forms to seek an excellence of efficiency.
|
||
The life-urge is a universal and little-understood force; it is the
|
||
common thread which holds the microcosm to the macrocosm.
|
||
I think it unlikely that this thin sheath we call a biosphere is
|
||
unique in its essence; if we only choose to see, then manifestations
|
||
of life are to be found on all scales of the cosm. Seasons repeat,
|
||
galaxies spin, atoms oscillate.
|
||
Mankind is often fooled into thinking of consistency as inanimate; a
|
||
cup seems to be a cup from moment to moment, but why should it be the
|
||
same cup? Is there any particular reason why we should believe an atom
|
||
is the same atom after each oscillation?
|
||
Can we maintain that a forest is the same forest from season to
|
||
season?
|
||
Nor is the consistency of an ocean's color a result of the inanimate;
|
||
on the contrary, its color is a celebration of life. The 'unchanging'
|
||
appearance of an oceans color and hue is net result of the countless
|
||
micro-organisms in the process of living within its water.
|
||
Why is it so hard for us as humans to see and comprehend a living
|
||
universe?
|
||
In our shells of being, we are trapped in our own time notion and it
|
||
is only through insight, patience and study that the actions of
|
||
smaller and larger cosms come to life for us.
|
||
|
||
Humankind must resist falling prey to the vanity of uniqueness.
|
||
The sum of our species has shown no more self determination than any
|
||
other species; we mindlessly extract trapped carbon in the form of
|
||
coal and oil and eject it into the Earths atmosphere.
|
||
Is there purpose in this?
|
||
How would we know if we refuse to even consider the Earth as a living
|
||
entity of which we are an interacting part? We hurtle along, blinded
|
||
by our lack of humility; if we refuse look about us in the midst of a
|
||
living universe, how will we know oblivion even if we were rushing
|
||
directly towards it?
|
||
|
||
I suspect that the vast majority of copies of this paper will be
|
||
thrown away without even being read. Some will be casually browsed
|
||
through before they are discarded. However, through the sheer force of
|
||
their numbers it is quite possible that a few - such as you dear
|
||
reader - will actually have read the paper in its entirety.
|
||
I fancy someday, someone will be tempted to perform the occultation
|
||
experiment which I have described earlier in this paper. I suspect
|
||
that this will happen sooner or later anyway, and If my vision is
|
||
false, and neutrinos pass through the Sun unimpeded, then surely I
|
||
have hurt or offended no one.
|
||
However, if it holds the seeds of truth - that gravity is no slave to
|
||
matter - where lie the limits of humankind's destiny, if we learn to
|
||
understand and control the nature of its force?
|
||
|
||
It is quite possible that no one will remember my prediction when
|
||
verified, but that is of no consequence. The origin of an idea is of
|
||
no importance; time bleaches the pages of history, names are
|
||
eventually forgotten in the haze of time and no one is remembered for
|
||
very long. I suspect Nietzsche is wrong when he writes that the only
|
||
things remembered are written in blood and stone. Overall, humankinds
|
||
collective memory is quite short and so it is only the concepts that
|
||
become indispensable and fundamental to the survival of our species
|
||
that ever remain through the rise and fall of cultures and in my
|
||
conceit, it is here that I stake my claim.
|
||
|
||
Man has no time but that river of dreams upon which he casts himself
|
||
adrift.
|
||
|
||
If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to me at:
|
||
Stephen Goodfellow, 146 Farrand Park, Highland Park, MI 48023
|
||
(313) 883-4827
|
||
|
||
|
||
CREDITS
|
||
|
||
I would like to thank the following people who have taken the time to
|
||
correspond or talk with me. Walter Kauppila, Physics Professor at
|
||
Wayne State University. Dr. Favro, W.S.U. Professor Chen, Professor of
|
||
astronomy, W.S.U. Professor Teske, Physics, University of Michigan.
|
||
Jim Thele, Electrical Technician at G.M. Greg Menovick, Mathematics,
|
||
W.S.U. Professor Wadehra, University of Michigan. Professor Cowley,
|
||
Physics & Astronomy, Wayne State University. Greenberg, Editor of
|
||
Kronos Journal. Leslie Leifer, Chemistry, Mich. Tech, Univ. Special
|
||
thanks to Dr. Raymond Davis of Brookhaven National Laboratory for his
|
||
research.
|
||
Thanks to my Brother, Justin Meilgaard, for helping me with this
|
||
pamphlet. I also thank Bill Haus, Allan Franklin, Ralph Franklin,
|
||
Janis Lewitt, Dennis Lamberis, Jackie Jablonski, for teaching me how
|
||
to think. Special thanks to Lowell Boileau and Marvin Reili to whom I
|
||
owe the existence of this paper, and who have taken the brunt of my
|
||
'off the wall' ideas with immeasurable patience.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
(1) "Gravity" by George Gamow, Doubleday Publishers 1962, p.138
|
||
(2) "Realm of the Universe" by George O. Abell, Saunders Pub. 1980.
|
||
pp.285-86
|
||
(3) The concept of neutrinos passing through the Sun is confirmed by
|
||
conversation with Professor Wadehra from University of Michigan,
|
||
dept. of Astrophysics (1/21/85) Prof. Wadehra also agreed that it
|
||
is hypothetically possible to determine: (a) The source of a
|
||
neutrino; the angle of neutrino approach can be determined by
|
||
collision, and (b) A neutrino's energy level can be determined.
|
||
(Hence a solar neutrino cannot be mistaken for a neutrino of a
|
||
higher energy even though it originates from a star which is
|
||
occulted by the Sun.)
|
||
(4) See "Sun," Encyclopedia Britannica, 1980, vol.17, p.178.
|
||
(5) Encyclopedia Britannica, "Science and the Future" Year Book,
|
||
1983; 'The phantom Neutrino' by James S. Trefil, p.224
|
||
(6) News Notes, Sky & Telescope December issue, 1984 p.506
|
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(7) "Sunspots" 1979 by R. J. Bray and R. E. Loughhead. Dover
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|
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(8) "Sensitive Chaos" by Theodor Schwenk, Schocken Books, New York,
|
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1978 ; pp.44-45.
|
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(9) "The Key to the Universe" 1978 by Nigel Calder. Penguin Pub. New
|
||
York, p.26.
|
||
"Astrophysical Quantities" 1973 by C.W. Allen, 3rd ed. The
|
||
Athlone Press, Univ. of London; p.265.
|
||
(10) "Solid Clues" 1985 by Gerald Feinburg, Simon & Schuster pub. p.23
|
||
(11) "The ABC of Plasma" Fusion Magazine, by Riemannian, Nov. 1978
|
||
(12) "Dictionary of Science" 1986 Barnhart Books, p.502
|
||
(13) "The ABC of Plasma" Fusion Magazine, by Riemannian, Nov.1978p.42.
|
||
(14) "Realm of the Universe"1980 by George O. Abell, Saunders
|
||
Publication p.222
|
||
(15) "Design of the Universe" by Fritz Kahn, Klein Publishers, New
|
||
York 1954 pp. 207-208.
|
||
(16) Scientific American, Sept. 1985 "Helioseismology" (Article,) John
|
||
W. Leibacher, Robers W. Noyes, Juri Toomre, Roger K. Ulrich;
|
||
p.48-57.
|
||
(17) "A New Sun" by John A. Eddy, NASA 1979 (SP-402); p.27.
|
||
(18) See (15); p.56.
|
||
(19) Encyclopedia Britannica 1980 vol.5, 'Ear,'pp. 1120-1131. Also:
|
||
"The Body" 1985 Anthony Smith, Pelican Books, 'The Ear.'
|
||
(20) Encyclopedia Britannica 1980 vol.1, 'Heavier-than-air craft,'
|
||
pp.372-383
|
||
(21) "Gravity" by George Gamow, Doubleday Publishers 1962, p.118
|
||
(22) Encyclopedia Britannica 1980 vol. 9, 'Hurricanes and Typhoons'
|
||
p.63
|
||
Scientific American 1964 vol.211, 'Experiments in Hurricane
|
||
Modification' by R.H. Simpson and Joanne S. Malkus, pp.27-37
|
||
(23) "Principles of Cosmology" 1978, by Michael Berry, Cambridge Univ.
|
||
Press, London; p.17.
|
||
|
||
|
||
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