THE PAST
Lifting heavy weights has always been difficult. But if the
following story is true, there may have been in the distant past
an easier way
This is story that has been passed to me and I have two versions
two different Locations but the details seem to be similar.
It seems an Oxford MD had a Tibetan student friend who invited
him to Tibet and whilst there he witnessed the following
He was taken to a monastery where a building operation was
underway. At the scene he noticed that at 250 metres above
ground level there was a cliff with a cave.
He saw monks were busily building a wall on a small area in
front of the said cave.
At ground Level there laid a smooth flat stone with a large
indentation in it one meter across by 15 centimeters deep.
A block of stone about 1 by 1.5 meters was placed into this area
At a distance of 63 metres from the container 19 musical
instruments including (ragdonds) were placed together in a 90
degree arc.
* I believe ragdongs are long wind blown pipes that produce a
low frequency tone *.
All Distances had been carefully measured.
The instruments consisted of 13 drums and 6 trumpets,
Eight of the drums were 1 meter wide and 1.5 meters long.
Four were medium sized 0.7 by 1 metre
There was also a small one 0.2 by 0.3m
The drums were made from 3mm thick sheet metal and weight 150kg
with one end open.
The operators stood behind their instruments when playing them.
The small drum was used to signal a control to start.
This resulted in the monks singing a mantra and the instruments
making a loud low droning noise and drum noise.
It seems for about four minutes nothing happened.
When the tempo was increased the stone began to sway and then
levitated towards the cave opening
Three minutes later it landed on the platform at the cave
opening.
In one hour so the story goes they lifted 5 to 6 stones into
position. For this story to be true the stones would have
needed to have flown in a 500m long parabolic curve and a height
of 250 metres.
The drums and trumpets were placed in an equal order and each
trumpet was separated by drums.
THE PRESENT
Just before World War 2 a man in Florida built his dream home. A
coral castle for him and his future wife in Europe.
Unfortunately this arrangement was to her dislike and the
marriage never occurred.
All That Remains today is a tourist attraction called Coral
Keys with several unanswered questions.
In that castle are building blocks that large modern cranes
have difficulty in lifting even today.
Yet he used a small wheel barrow and a loan of a pickup
vehicle
He never disclosed his secret, although some have suggested he
used electromagnetic means.
In research establishments today experiments have conducted
using sound waves produced electronically to lift small rocks
and little foam balls.
The device consists of a speaker mounted at the base and a
reflector at top to create sound wells in which the balls
floated. see middle illustration.
THE FUTURE
We may see sound playing a more important role in our lives as
once the laser beam was an invention waiting for use in the
early sixties to widespread use today it enjoys.
We may yet see sound used in demolition and construction work.
Researchers need to find a way to produce a low frequency tone
at high power levels to be able to lift heavy loads.
In lifting this weight you must be able to direct where it will
go.
My idea is to construct three units using high air compression
with pipes cut to a fundamental frequency as the actual
frequency may result in pipes of extreme length.
By having three beams allows one to create a shifting sound
well in which the load could sit and moved in a 360 degree
circle at any given height depending on unit placement.
Unfortunately the right frequency has yet to be found.
An interesting experiment
When factories were being built in Sydney Australia
There was an unusual occurrence that used to happen every after noon
between one o'clock and three o'clock every day for all the
factories.
A load droning sound would emit from all these factories and
of course this use to cause some headaches and some amusement.
After much searching it was found that the gutter down pipes would
become heated during the morning when exposed to the sun and would
then be subjected to cooling air.
This caused air eddy currents within the pipes which would then
cause the pipes to resonate.
The solution was found to be in detuning the pipes.
You can get the same effect by getting a metre or there about of a
length of metal tubing place some wire mesh about quarter the way
from the bottom inside the tube .
Now heat the bottom of the metal tube until it has warmed up,
about five minutes on a propane gas should be about right.
( a candle could probably be used as well )
Now by holding it upright expose tubing to normal air temperature
and a load droning sound will be heard.
