Royal Society Wheel

 

The Royal Society is the world's most prestigious cornerstone of establishment science. It was founded in 1660 during the early years of the Enlightenment and continues to consider itself on the cutting edge of all new scientific knowledge to this day. Therefore I was intrigued to discover that it is currently in possession of what it describes as a perpetual motion device. Perpetual motion is the oldest category of free energy invention. It dates back to the Middle Ages and consists of simple mechanical devices; see here for details: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2014/04/drinking-bird.html. This rather anachronistic exhibit at the Royal Society was invented by somebody called David Jones who wrote articles for Nature, The Guardian and New Scientist under the pseudonym "Daedalus". He died in 2017; but while on his deathbed, he shared his discovery with a close friend and fellow of the Royal Society, Sir Martin Poliakoff. If you put Martin Poliakoff's name into Google Images, you'll probably react as I did and say: "Don't tell me; that bloke's a scientist, isn't he?" Jones' machine was taken to the Royal Society sealed in a glass box, therefore it cannot be examined. It consists of a metal wheel with spokes, rather like a bicycle wheel. There are boxes attached to the wheel; three around the rim at evenly spaced intervals, and one at the hub. The one at the hub has the word "Dreadco" written on it. There are also what look like two static horseshoe magnets placed on a frame on which the wheel is attached. The wheel turns continuously at approximately twenty revolutions per minute. However, according to the Society's historian, Virginia Mills, after about two years it begins to slow down. This could because it is not a real perpetual motion machine; or it might simply be because it needs maintenance, such as new bearings or lubrication oil. Unfortunately nobody seems to know because the device is not serviced at the Society; it is sent to the University of Nottingham where, apparently, only two experts there know how to do it.
 
There are many theories on how the machine works. The most popular is that it is some kind of electric motor. There are copper attachments on the hub and what look like electrodes coming from the box. There is also what looks like a water pipe or wire conduit running around the edge of the case which contains the machine. There is a fourth box separate from the rest of the structure with what looks like a radiator on it. The rim boxes might contain magnets that are driven by the stator horseshoe ones; but then why does the wheel turn smoothly and is not accelerated in pulses when the magnets pass each other? Maybe the rim boxes contain power packs to produce the torque to keep the wheel spinning. If this is true, then how come the power lasts so long? There are structures on the hub box that might be photovoltaic cells, but then why does the wheel keep rotating even when it is moved to a dark storeroom? It is also possible that some or all of these objects are follies, decoys to disguise the true function of the machine. The secret of Jones' wheel is allegedly written down and placed in an envelope that is kept with the machine and, supposedly, nobody has ever opened it. I find that hard to believe; I would not be able to resist the temptation. Source: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2018/09/perpetual-motion/. It is impossible to know whether this is a real free energy generator or not because it cannot be studied properly inside its case. It might be run by a simple trick, like a magician's illusion, one that will seem very obvious once we know it. If it is not that, and something more interesting is going on, then the new owners and managers should expect a knock on the door. If the machine and information about it suddenly vanish from the Royal Society, I will guess that it was the real McCoy.
See here for background: http://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2020/08/free-energy-portal.html.