Mercury-based technology: Difference between revisions
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== Mercury vortex engine == | == Mercury vortex engine == | ||
A device that can supposedly generate [[anti-gravity]] using rotating mercury. In its modern form the term may first have been used by Professor Dileep Kumar Kanjilal in a book called ''Vimāna in Ancient India'' (1985), a study of references to flying machines in ancient Hindu literature and legends.<ref>https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vimana-ancient-india-dileep-kumar-4691566692</ref> | A device that can supposedly generate [[anti-gravity]] using rotating mercury. In its modern form the term may first have been used by Professor Dileep Kumar Kanjilal in a book called ''Vimāna in Ancient India'' (1985), a study of references to flying machines in ancient Hindu literature and legends.<ref>https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vimana-ancient-india-dileep-kumar-4691566692</ref> and by David Hatcher Childress in, for instance, ''Technology of the Gods'' (2000) and ''Atlantis and the Power System of the Gods'' (2002).<ref>https://illuminanet.tripod.com/id4.html</ref><ref>Childress, David Hatcher. ''Technology of the Gods'' (2000). Pages 171-177. https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_autor_hatcherchildress.htm#Books-Treaties</ref> | ||
=== ''Samarangana Sutradhara'' === | === ''Samarangana Sutradhara'' === | ||
The idea may come from ''Samarangana Sutradhara'', an 11th-century Indian treatise on architecture. Chapter 31 of the book discusses machinery and automata, discussing their operation in terms of the four elements and aether, but suggesting that mercury may be an element in its own right.<ref name="Cardiff">{{cite journal |last1=Salvini |first1=Mattia |title=The Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |date=January 2012 |volume=22 |issue=1 |doi=10.1017/S135618631100085X |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1344377/The-Samaranganasutradhara-by-Mattia-Salvina,-Mahidol-University.pdf |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> The author says he has personally seen most of the devices he describes in use, but does not specify which ones. The list includes two wooden aircraft, referred to as "vimanas": a "light" one shaped like a huge bird and a "heavy" one shaped like a temple.<ref name="Baroda">{{cite book |last1=King Bhojadeva of Dhar (attrib.) |editor1-last=Sastri |editor1-first=T. Ganapati|title=Samarangana Sutradhara |date=1927 |publisher=Baroda Central Library |location=Baroda |page=introduction |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.345259/page/n5/mode/2up |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> Both types contain a fire chamber which heats a container of mercury, somehow causing the aircraft to rise from the ground. | |||
“Strong and durable must the body of the Vimana be made, like a great flying bird of light material. Inside one must put the mercury engine with its iron heating apparatus underneath. By means of the power latent in the mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in the sky.”<ref> | “Strong and durable must the body of the Vimana be made, like a great flying bird of light material. Inside one must put the mercury engine with its iron heating apparatus underneath. By means of the power latent in the mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in the sky.” | ||
“Similarly by using the prescribed processes one can build a vimana as large as the temple of the God-in-motion. Four strong mercury containers must be built into the interior structure. When these have been heated by controlled fire from iron containers, the vimana develops thunder-power through the mercury. And at once it becomes like a pearl in the sky.”<ref name="AdamskiLeslie">{{cite book|title=Flying Saucers Have Landed|last1=Leslie|first1=Desmond|last2=Adamski|first2=George|year=1953}}</ref> | |||
However, the description is purposely left incomplete for ethical reasons: | However, the description is purposely left incomplete for ethical reasons: | ||
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In that respect, that should be known as the reason— | In that respect, that should be known as the reason— | ||
They are not fruitful when disclosed<ref name="Cardiff" /> | They are not fruitful when disclosed<ref name="Cardiff" /> | ||
This was discussed in [[George Adamski]] and [[Desmond Leslie]]'s 1953 book ''Flying Saucers Have Landed''. They suggested that this might be the means of propulsion of UFOs.<ref name="AdamskiLeslie" /> | |||
The idea was taken up by [[Bill Clendenon]]. After extensive research he believed that he had discovered how the mercury vortex engine worked, and in ''Mercury: UFO Messenger of the Gods'' (1991) he discussed his design, his numerous sightings of UFOs, and the strange interactions he had had (after revealing his theory) with Adamski, other UFO researches, and [[Men In Black]] who he believed to have been [[alien]]s. | |||
=== ''Die Glocke'' === | === ''Die Glocke'' === | ||
Revision as of 22:47, 30 December 2024
A number of speculative or rumoured technologies involve mercury, besides mainstream ones.
Red mercury
Probably a scam.
Mercury vortex engine
A device that can supposedly generate anti-gravity using rotating mercury. In its modern form the term may first have been used by Professor Dileep Kumar Kanjilal in a book called Vimāna in Ancient India (1985), a study of references to flying machines in ancient Hindu literature and legends.[1] and by David Hatcher Childress in, for instance, Technology of the Gods (2000) and Atlantis and the Power System of the Gods (2002).[2][3]
Samarangana Sutradhara
The idea may come from Samarangana Sutradhara, an 11th-century Indian treatise on architecture. Chapter 31 of the book discusses machinery and automata, discussing their operation in terms of the four elements and aether, but suggesting that mercury may be an element in its own right.[4] The author says he has personally seen most of the devices he describes in use, but does not specify which ones. The list includes two wooden aircraft, referred to as "vimanas": a "light" one shaped like a huge bird and a "heavy" one shaped like a temple.[5] Both types contain a fire chamber which heats a container of mercury, somehow causing the aircraft to rise from the ground.
“Strong and durable must the body of the Vimana be made, like a great flying bird of light material. Inside one must put the mercury engine with its iron heating apparatus underneath. By means of the power latent in the mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in the sky.” “Similarly by using the prescribed processes one can build a vimana as large as the temple of the God-in-motion. Four strong mercury containers must be built into the interior structure. When these have been heated by controlled fire from iron containers, the vimana develops thunder-power through the mercury. And at once it becomes like a pearl in the sky.”[6]
However, the description is purposely left incomplete for ethical reasons:
The construction of the machines has not been explained For the sake of secrecy, and not due to lack of knowledge. In that respect, that should be known as the reason— They are not fruitful when disclosed[4]
This was discussed in George Adamski and Desmond Leslie's 1953 book Flying Saucers Have Landed. They suggested that this might be the means of propulsion of UFOs.[6]
The idea was taken up by Bill Clendenon. After extensive research he believed that he had discovered how the mercury vortex engine worked, and in Mercury: UFO Messenger of the Gods (1991) he discussed his design, his numerous sightings of UFOs, and the strange interactions he had had (after revealing his theory) with Adamski, other UFO researches, and Men In Black who he believed to have been aliens.
Die Glocke
Descriptions of the alleged Nazi superweapon Die Glocke are similar to the description of a mercury vortex engine in that they involve rotating a metallic liquid, although the liquid was supposedly not mercury but 'a purplish, liquid metallic-looking substance that was supposed to be highly radioactive, code-named Xerum 525'.
Mercury ion engine
Energy generator
Vague claims circulate that it is possible to use mercury to generate electricity, sometimes involving putting a mercury-filled sphere on a high tower to extract electricity from the atmosphere.
- ↑ https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vimana-ancient-india-dileep-kumar-4691566692
- ↑ https://illuminanet.tripod.com/id4.html
- ↑ Childress, David Hatcher. Technology of the Gods (2000). Pages 171-177. https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_autor_hatcherchildress.htm#Books-Treaties
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Salvini, Mattia (January 2012). "The Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 22 (1). doi:10.1017/S135618631100085X. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ King Bhojadeva of Dhar (attrib.) (1927). Sastri, T. Ganapati (ed.). Samarangana Sutradhara. Baroda: Baroda Central Library. p. introduction. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Leslie, Desmond; Adamski, George (1953). Flying Saucers Have Landed.