From: jameshartman@tsrcom.com
Date: Aug 26 1996


From: ELECTRIC SPACECRAFT JOURNAL,
      Issue 10, 1993 -
      Pages 36 - 37

lonized Nickels in Free-Fall

ESJ Staff

Using nickels and ordinary  air
ionizers manufactured by Pollenex,
James Hartman has discovered a unique
cause and effect phenomenon on.

Hartman began by setting up two tables,
2 feet apart in a room which had 8-foot
ceilings (see figures 1 and 2. On each
table, he placed an ionizer, from which
he ran lengths of #24 electric wire to
two nickels.  The nickels were  then
suspended from the ceiling 3 inches
apart (see Figure 1 inset).

Hartman then released the nickels from
the ceiling, and as they fell to the floor,
he activated the ionizers.  As the sud-
den charge was applied, the nickels

were observed to slow down in their free-fall to
the floor.

We here at ESJ would  like to encourage
interested individuals to replicate this experi-
ment and let us know if the same effect is
observed.

Submitted by James E. Hartman,
             P.O. Box 612
             Griffith, IN 46319

* See Gifs - Freefal1.gif - (Figure 1)
           - Freefal2.gif - (Figure 2)