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The effects produced include levitation of heavy objects,
fusion of dissimilar materials such as metal and wood (exactly
as portrayed in the movie, "The Philadelphia Experiment"), the
anomalous heating of metals without burning adjacent material,
spontaneous fracturing of metals (which separate by sliding in
a sideways fashion), and both temporary and permanent changes
in the crystalline structure and physical properties of metals.
B.S. (Civil Engineering, 1981) (Structural Engineering),
M.S. (Engineering Mechanics (Applied Physics), 1983), and
Ph.D. (Materials Engineering Science, 1992) from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Transmutation may refer to:
In pre-scientific experimentation:
Alchemy, the quest to discover a way to turn inexpensive metals such as lead into gold.
In physics:
Nuclear transmutation, the conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another through nuclear reaction.
Originally posted by mrwiffler
jprophet you are having great difficulty grasping what is being said here. What you have posted contradicts your conclusion completely. Both ancient and modern interpretations of transmutation say the same thing. Steel to iron is not transmutation. You are very confused about this issue.
Do you know what an element is? It is nothing to be ashamed of if you don't but if you'd like to understand the argument I recommend reading a bit about the elements.
3. change into another nature, substance, form, or condition.
Originally posted by mrwiffler
jprophet you are having great difficulty grasping what is being said here.
Am i now? I posted the definition of transmutation. There is more than one.
What you have posted contradicts your conclusion completely.
Really? What I posted supports my conclusion according to the english language.
Both ancient and modern interpretations of transmutation say the same thing.
No, they do not. I explained it in plain English.
Steel to iron is not transmutation. You are very confused about this issue.
I have excellent reading comprehension and you apparently do not. The definition I posted fits exactly what she is saying.
Do you know what an element is? It is nothing to be ashamed of if you don't but if you'd like to understand the argument I recommend reading a bit about the elements.
Transmutation - Sometimes materials subjected to the Hutchison Effect seem to change at a molecular or even atomic level.
Originally posted by mrwiffler
Oh dear. whatever happened to the education system.
Indeed.
Woods is specifically talking about elemental transmutation. Yes the word has a general definition but this is not the same as it's scientific meaning.
"Nuclear transmutation, the conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another through nuclear reaction."
Steel to iron is not this. They're the same damn element. What's hard to grasp about this? It is very basic.
Originally posted by mrwiffler
You've just shown great ignorance jprophet.
By replying to you perhaps.
Any physicist will laugh at you if you tell them what you've just posted.
Name one please.
You're an engineer huh? That is very amusing.
How is it amusing?
[edit on 22-7-2008 by mrwiffler]
"Transmutation
Sometimes, materials subjected to the Hutchison Effect seem to change at an elemental level – could this be the explanation for the rapid rusting – steel is turned into Iron?"