Ptolemy’s Paradigm: Sol Invictus Orbit

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Solar Parallax observations raise a smile when they reveal [amongst other things] Earth Scientists have documented a doppelgänger of the Medieval Warm Period.

Electric Universe: Spinning Up Gravity

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Last month Miles Mathis mauled [amongst others] the Electric Universe movement. They hook you by admitting what you already know: the upper levels of the mainstream are composed of a bunch of liars and frauds, and textbook physics is little … Continue reading →

The Atomic Comet: On The Far Side

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Following the Terrestrial Thorium line of enquiry to the Far Side of the Moon very rapidly becomes a fascinating journey to the Far Side as the Settled Science turns to dust and this independent observer is led to conclude the … Continue reading →

The Atomic Comet: The Feathered Serpent

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The concept of cometary Cyanogen entering the Earth’s atmosphere is doubly dangerous because it’s a highly toxic gas that produces the “second-hottest-known natural flame”. Cyanogen produces the second-hottest-known natural flame (after carbon subnitride) with a temperature of over 4,525 °C … Continue reading →

Indian Impacts: Diamonds of the Gods

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Geology is a very ambivalent belief system. On the one hand: The discovery of stishovite at the Kachchh (Luna) site in India has helped convinced some geologists they’re dealing with an meteorite impact even though the dimple doesn’t display the … Continue reading →

Ken L. Wheeler – The Missing Secrets Of Magnetism

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If you are looking for fresh insights and a deeper understanding of life, the universe and everything then now is the perfect opportunity to get acquainted with Ken Wheeler. If you are sitting comfortably then the following couple of videos … Continue reading →

Lawler Alignments – Galactic Roller Coaster

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WARNING If you like your Science Settled or your History served with a thick Gradualist Gloss then you should stop reading now and retreat to your preferred Safe Space. Early in the 17th century Galileo Galilei discovered the Milky Way … Continue reading →

Lost Lunar Librations

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The casual observer could anticipate that the Moon would display some irregular movements as its buffeted by the variable Solar Wind [and the associated Interplanetary Magnetic Field]. This should be especially true when its moving against the flow of the … Continue reading →

The Clockwork Moon

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The orbital velocity of the Moon is a curious beast. From a Heliocentric perspective the Moon and the Earth are orbiting the Sun with exactly the same average velocity. However, the orbital speed of the Moon varies as it weaves … Continue reading →

The Phi Frequency

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Joseph Weber’s eponymous Weber Bars are 2 metres in length, 1 metre in diameter and were engineered to resonate at a frequency of 1,661 hertz [or 1,660 hertz according to Wikipedia]. A Weber bar is a device used in the … Continue reading →

String Theory

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Apparently mainstream “string theory is a theory of quantum gravity.” In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate … Continue reading →

Solar Rotation – Formula Fantasies

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Many astronomers are afflicted with an irresistible urge to encapsulate their precious observational data into a mathematical approximation that is of “little scientific value”. The peculiarities affecting the motions of spots in different latitudes were reduced by Carrington into a … Continue reading →

Taylor–Couette Circulation

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Earth’s atmospheric circulation is primarily driven by “solar heating” and the “Hadley system provides an example of a thermally direct circulation” according to Settled Science. The major driving force of atmospheric circulation is solar heating, which on average is largest … Continue reading →

Couette Flow 4: Taylor Vortices

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Settled Science generally hides away inconvenient science in the dark corners of their academic edifices. Atmospheric Corotation is one of those “dark corners” of science where mainstream scientists “fear to tread”. Physics and the Earth sciences seem to [currently] avoid … Continue reading →

Couette Flow 3: Turbulence

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Laminar Flow is characterised by adjacent layers sliding past one another like playing cards. In fluid dynamics, laminar flow (or streamline flow) occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers. At low velocities, the … Continue reading →

Inner Van Allan Zebra Stripes

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NASA is good at concocting catchy and distracting headlines for their press releases. This week was no exception when they delivered the “zebra stripes” and “zebra patterns” distractions for the gormless and gullible. Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure … Continue reading →

On Growth and Form – 1984 Edition

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During my research into the Liesegang Phenomena I stumbled across a reference to D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson’s “On Growth and Form”. This is not unusual because I frequently encounter references to D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson’s famous [“textbook staple”] tome when I’m researching … Continue reading →

Lenticular Galaxy NGC 524

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The mainstream has a phobia regarding the word “vortex”. However, the word “spiral” seems to be acceptable to the mainstream provided it is prefixed by the word “old” or “some”. Hubble eyes a mysterious old spiral This striking cosmic whirl … Continue reading →

Universal Vortical Singularity Theory

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Serendipity [in the form of a comment by Roger Tallbloke] has presented the interesting work of Vincent Wee-Foo and his Universal Vortical Singularity Theory. Synopsis Universal Vortical Singularity (UVS) is a theory of everything in natural science. It is based … Continue reading →

Tides and the Lunar Pole Dance

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The tides at the Earth’s Poles tell two different stories. The Tide Tables for Prudhoe Bay in North Alaska [70.4000° N, 148.5267° W] display a strong contrast between the Winter days of darkness and the Summer days of sunlight. Graphing … Continue reading →

Tides and the Lunar Brake Dance

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In the previous posting the Tide Tables for Cristobal [Colón, Panama 9° 21′ 26″ N 79° 53′ 55″ W] revealed that “tidal maxima do not occur when the Moon is overhead” and that “the tidal range peaks when the Moon … Continue reading →

Tides and the Lunar Waltz

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The mainstream clearly states that the gravitational force of the Moon contributes to the rise and fall of the sea level on Earth. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational … Continue reading →

Tides and the Celestial Foxtrot

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Continuing the reverse engineering of Tidal Theory from the Tide Tables for Cristobal [Colón, Panama 9° 21′ 26″ N 79° 53′ 55″ W] in the Caribbean Sea provides further surprising insights. The first step in the analysis is to identify … Continue reading →

Self Bolting Blochs

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In a previous posting the presence of a Bloch Wall [central demilitarised zone] was determined by holding the blunt end of the sewing needle [between two fingers] whilst [repeatedly] running the sharp tip of the sewing needle along the side … Continue reading →

Tides and the Ambient Field

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Reverse engineering Tidal Theory from the Tide Tables for Cristobal [Colón, Panama 9° 21′ 26″ N 79° 53′ 55″ W] in the Caribbean Sea provides some very surprising insights. The first step in the analysis is to identify Day Time … Continue reading →

Tidal Fiction

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Senior schools usually teach two different syllabuses in mathematics: Pure and Applied. Pure Mathematics – the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pure+mathematics Applied Mathematics … Continue reading →

Black and White Bloch

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The study of mainstream magnetism is firmly rooted in the era of “Black and White” movies. This probably explains why the perennial classic “Magnetism – An Introductory Survey” by E. W. Lee is still available on Amazon 50 years after … Continue reading →

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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NASA has released an amazing composite image of the M101 Pinwheel Galaxy [with a diameter of about 170,000 light-years] which is located 21 million light-years away from Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/pia15630.html

Messier 61

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NASA has just published another wonderful image of a spiral galaxy. The image of Messier 61 [NGC 4303] was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Reading the associated NASA article it is easy to believe that NASA have joined up … Continue reading →

Colliding Vortices

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NASA has released this Hubble Space Telescope composite image [taken in visible, red, and infrared light] of two galaxies colliding 326 million light years away. The collision was originally catalogued as Arp 142 by the legendary Halton C Arp in … Continue reading →

Mechanical Principles in Physics – Magnetism

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The Secret World of Magnets Howard Johnson Click to access 3935.pdf I greatly admire Miles Mathis for his mechanical principles. In all my research and theorizing, I have always insisted on a mechanical explanation. I do not allow dodges into … Continue reading →

Fermi – A Study in Spirograph

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Serendipity plays a large part in science. A series of new NASA images highlight the hypotrochoid nature of orbiting bodies. Fermi’s Motion Produces a Study in Spirograph 02.27.13 NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope orbits our planet every 95 minutes, building … Continue reading →

The Flowering of Celestial Mechanics

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Johannes Kepler was the first person to successfully model planetary orbits to a high degree of accuracy and his First Law of Planetary Motion [published in 1609] is deeply embedded in modern celestial mechanics. The orbit of every planet is … Continue reading →

Wheels within Wheels – Vortex within Vortex

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The Scientific Method simply requires letting “reality speak for itself”. The chief characteristic which distinguishes a scientific method of inquiry from other methods of acquiring knowledge is that scientists seek to let reality speak for itself, supporting a theory when … Continue reading →

Planetary Rotation 3: Mars, Earth and Venus

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The second part of this post calculated a generalised view of the relationship between the “Corotational Radius” and the ”Corotational Period” of the planets in the Solar System. This third [and final] instalment examines whether these generalised formulae have any … Continue reading →