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October 30, 1993
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The following document relates the early form of the
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Energy Machine of Joseph Newman.
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Contributed by George W. Dahlberg P.E.
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__________________________________________________________________
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7-15-85
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1204 Circle High Drive
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Burnsville, Mn. 55337
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A Description of the Newman Motor
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by Roger Hastings, Ph.D.
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This document is intended to provide information regarding the
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energy device invented by Mr. Joseph Newman of Lucedale,
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Mississippi. I have prepared the material in response to numerous
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requests for information. The number of these requests has
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increased dramatically since Newman's public demonstration of his
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motor at Washington, D.C., in May, 1985. This paper provides a
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personal history to date of my involvement with Newman, presents
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data which was taken at the Washington demonstration, provides an
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analysis of the data, and presents my current thoughts regarding
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a mathmatical description of Newman's motor.
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HISTORY
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I first met Mr. Newman in September, 1981. Newman is an inventor,
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and he had travelled to Minnesota to present a toy invention to
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Tonka Toys Corp. My brother, John, was at the time in charge of
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new products for Tonka, and he interviewed Newman. John and Joe
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wound up discussing their respective theories of matter and
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energy, and Joe's motor. At that time, Joe was looking for people
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to verify the operation of his motor for the patent office. He
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invited John to Lucedale, but John said that his brother (me) had
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a Ph.D. in physics, and therefore better credentials to offer for
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the testing of a motor.
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My first reaction to the news of Newman's energy producing motor
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was quite negative. I had been a professor for four years, and
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had encountered several people with "world saving" energy devices
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which they wanted evaluated by the University. In all cases such
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devices had proven to be inoperative as net energy producers.
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Newman offered to fly me to Lucedale to test his motor, and I
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responded that he would be wasting his money and our time because
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I would certainly prove him wrong. He insisted, and I complied.
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The motor that I saw on that first visit was a monument to Rube
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Goldberg, and to an incredible personal effort at building such a
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large device. It consisted of five thousand pounds of #5 gauge
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wire wound as a solenoid. Within the solenoid, a 600 pound
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ceramic magnet rotated on questionable bearings. The bearings
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were mounted in a wooden structure. On the shaft of the rotor was
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a mechanical commutator consisting of three home made wheels, and
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brushes whose tension was adjusted with rubber bands. The
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commutator received its power from a bank of six volt lantern
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batteries. As the huge magnet rotated, the whole structure
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creaked and groaned. At that time, Newman was taking energy
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output from a secondary coil wrapped around the motor primary
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solenoid. I measured the voltage and current input simultaneously
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on an oscilloscope. The output load was a resistor, and I
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similarly measured the output voltage and current. Multiplying
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voltage and current to find power, I determined that the motor
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was about 90% efficient.
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Newman claimed that his motor was not performing up to par on
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that day, and said that he would ask me back when he had the
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device tuned up properly. Although I had proven that the motor at
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that time was not producing a net energy gain, several aspects of
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Newman and his motor were fascinating. First, the motor was not
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designed efficiently. Large mechanical losses were evident, and a
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90% efficiency seemed highly unusual. Second, the huge magnet was
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rotating at some 60 RPM with an input power of only a few watts.
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Finally, Newman himself, while unconventional, seemed highly
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intelligent, definately a creative thinker, and intensely
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dedicated to his scientific work. He informed me that he had
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evolved his theory and filed for a patent before he had built a
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prototype motor. (I will discuss his theory later.)
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I travelled again to Lucedale and indeed Newman had tuned up his
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motor. From that point foreward I consistantly measured
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efficiencies in excess of 100%. At this point I began an effort
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to attract scientific interest in Newman's motor, and to aid him
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in obtaining a patent. I wrote several affidavits and documents
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describing my measurements and generally supporting Newman's
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efforts. I have spent countless hours of my spare time over the
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past four years on this effort, withour renumeration. It takes
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little immagination to understand the benefit to the human race
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which would result from an economical device which generates
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energy with no external input. In my opinion, Newman's motor has
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performed well enough that the scientific community should be
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showing great interest.
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Over the years, a number of generic questions have repeatedly
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been asked. Is there a hidden energy source? The device can be
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viewed from all sides, and there are no external connections. The
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motor has been transported across country, and works equally well
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at all locations. The motor has been duplicated by at least one
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other person, who claims that it works. Newman would not be
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acting in his own self interest to simultaneously invite
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publicity and commit fraud. It is generally known that Newman is
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sincere and honest.
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Why isn't the motor running itself without the need for
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batteries? While in concept the motor should be capable of
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running itself without batteries, the technological problems have
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not been solved which would allow such operation. In a sense,
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however, the motor does run itself. The motor has shown the
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capacity to charge up the batteries which provide voltage to the
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motor. Tests have been run in which up to 15 amp-hours of output
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have been drawn from the motor, and in which the six volt lantern
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batteries powering the motor have shown no evidence of an energy
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loss (the battery condition was verified in the labs of Ray-O-Vac
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Battery Co.). Tests have been run in which apparently dead
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batteries have been connected to the motor. The motor has charged
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up these batteries to the point where they can power other
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devices. The same batteries can be drained down (e.g. through a
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resistor), then be re-connected to the Newman motor and be
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charged up while they run the motor.
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Why isn't Newman's motor powering a home or auto? In my opinion
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such a demonstration would convince all skeptics, and create a
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great demand for the motor. Newman has proceeded in this
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direction. He has built at least four prototype motors to study
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the effect of varying motor parameters. He has steadily improved
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upon his large prototype, and has succeded in generating up to
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about 200 watts of power. By contrast, an average home requires
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one to three thousand watts on the average, with peak demands of
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up to 20 thousand watts. In this regard, it would be extremely
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helpful for establishments with high tech capabilities to aid Joe
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in scaling up the motor output. His approach has been to reduce
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the physical size of the motor to make it economical, and the
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output power. His greatest technical problem has been high
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voltage switching.
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Why does Newman keep his technical process a secret? This
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question was answered at Washington in May, when Newman revealed
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the construction details of his motor to the public. He has
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published a book ("The Energy Machine of Joseph Newman",
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available from Newman Publishing, Rt. 1, Box 52, Lucedale
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Mississippi 39452), in which he describes his theory and his
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motor. Joe had kept the process secret to avoid patent
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infringement. Although his patent is still pending in the U.S.,
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it has issued in other countries. Presumably his patent rights
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will be protected in the U.S., although it should be noted that
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his motor is being copied by others, so that issuance of his
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patent in the U.S. is of immediate importance. Garland Robinnett
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of CBS news in New Orleans has run a number of reports on
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Newman's struggle with the U.S. Patent office.
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I do not fully understand why the scientific community in this
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country has not shown more interest in Newman's motor. He has had
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support from about 30 independent scientists and engineers, most
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of whom own their own engineering or consulting firms. He has
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also received some financial support from investors, who
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represent a range of interests, including oil and electrical
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power interests. I know of no one who has observed Newman's motor
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and taken measurements who has been able to show that his claims
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are invalid. On the contrary, most observers come in as skeptics,
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and leave as believers. Over the years my colleagues have
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consistantly provided me with arguments questioning the validity
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of my measurements. I have responded to these questions by
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modifying the measurement proceedures and creating new tests. In
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all cases the Newman device has passed the tests to my
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satisfaction. In my opinion, Newman has at least discovered some
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interesting and unusual new phenomena, and at most has discovered
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a process which will end man's dependence upon limited and
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polluting energy resources.
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NEWMAN'S THEORY by Dr. Hastings follows in NEWMAN5.ASC
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