11-07-2005, 09:03 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Aug 29 2005, 08:36 PM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Aug 29 2005, 08:36 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Has anyone read this book: Vimana Aircraft of Ancient India and Atlantis (Lost Science Series)
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Yes, I have - it was quite interesting. It describes the location of the Rama empire, the seven great cities and how they were destroyed by an iron thunderbolt. It would be interested to know if the cities of Harappa and Mohen-Jaro are really radioactive, and have radioactive skeletons.There is a discussion of the 32 systems that a vimana was supposed to possess.
It mentions 'crystals' but these would really seem to be piezoelectric and electroluminescent blocks of glass. All the different systems are really based on basic physics to manipulate air pressure, and basic chemistry for the different defence systems - the darkness creating machine is simply a black smoke generator. The listening device is simply a couple of leather hemispheres (parabolic dishes) attached to a hollow wooden pole. It would be quite possible that sound runs straight through the wire, without going into anything electrical, although it would be quite possible for a piezoelectric crystal to work. The cooking system worked by mixing acids and crystals together to generate fire, smoke and heat. There is even a description of a lightning rod system like a Tesla umbrella which rotates (perhaps to build a negative charge?), an anti-static build up system, and even an X-ray system for the wheels to detect mines and bombs.
Of course, the great mystery is how these machines flew - The description describe five wheels, the bottom and top which do not move but have holes in them, and the middle three which rotate. Perhaps this is by infra-sound, or maybe they are a planetery set of fan blades (like a jet engine).
There is mention of tanks of mercury - they could be basic electric motors.
Definitely worth a read.
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Yes, I have - it was quite interesting. It describes the location of the Rama empire, the seven great cities and how they were destroyed by an iron thunderbolt. It would be interested to know if the cities of Harappa and Mohen-Jaro are really radioactive, and have radioactive skeletons.There is a discussion of the 32 systems that a vimana was supposed to possess.
It mentions 'crystals' but these would really seem to be piezoelectric and electroluminescent blocks of glass. All the different systems are really based on basic physics to manipulate air pressure, and basic chemistry for the different defence systems - the darkness creating machine is simply a black smoke generator. The listening device is simply a couple of leather hemispheres (parabolic dishes) attached to a hollow wooden pole. It would be quite possible that sound runs straight through the wire, without going into anything electrical, although it would be quite possible for a piezoelectric crystal to work. The cooking system worked by mixing acids and crystals together to generate fire, smoke and heat. There is even a description of a lightning rod system like a Tesla umbrella which rotates (perhaps to build a negative charge?), an anti-static build up system, and even an X-ray system for the wheels to detect mines and bombs.
Of course, the great mystery is how these machines flew - The description describe five wheels, the bottom and top which do not move but have holes in them, and the middle three which rotate. Perhaps this is by infra-sound, or maybe they are a planetery set of fan blades (like a jet engine).
There is mention of tanks of mercury - they could be basic electric motors.
Definitely worth a read.