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Bioelectric conductivity in lemon wood

Posted on April 1, 2008
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As some of you may know I dabble in chemistry and physics in my garage, doing anything from making soap to salvaging magnatrons for smelting iron.  My latest experiment did not have the effect I expected.

Here is a synopsis.  Using a wood selected for no other purpose than its availability, I decided to impregnate the wood with an electrolytic and test such things as resistance, capacitance, etc.  The wood ended up being a pruning from a Mann lemon tree, which I harvested on March 22, 2008.  Since I work during the day, it was nighttime when I did the pruning… whether that is relevant I do not know.  After taking the pruning, I tested its uptake of colloidal silver and found that it absorbed the liquid and disbursed the silver throughout the length of wood.  I soaked three lengths in silver solution for seven days, until I was satisfied with the saturation.  This was meant to be the first step of my experiment, as I searched for other compounds that the wood would absorb on its own; however, none of the other compounds had an effect like the silver (as we will show).

When the bark and thorns from the lemon wood was removed, I was left with three lengths of 12-14 inches.  They showed remarkable conductance at very low Amperage; as long as I fed them current in the micro-amp range, I could not detect any resistance through my Ohmmeter.  However, if I increased the power, the lengths of lemon wood ceased to conduct any current at all (to the point where I was afraid of getting an arc before the electricity would go through the length of wood).

In order to check for any field effect, I placed the lengths under a piece of glass and placed iron filings over them (anyone who knows me can tell you I have no shortage of iron filings, and I am sure that is what inspired this part of the experiment).  Again at very low Amperage, there was an effect.  What surprised me was that the effect seemed very strong, but also exhibited unique patterns.  I plan to take photos and put them here.  Rather than the standard magnetic field that emanated from and object, I found a multitude of smaller spiral patterns, perhaps similar to the twisting of wood-grain.  Toward the thinner end of the wood, the field looked more like a beam, and I could not detect any curvature (the filed must have gone on for a long distance in that direction).  The thicker end of the wood had a field that seemed to swirl in on itself and go nowhere.

In all cases, I was unable to produce any effect with high amperage.  I decided to check the effect of the extremely small bioelectric currents emitted from the body.  If you are not familiar with this concept, it is nothing esoteric.  All life has positively and negatively charged particles within the body at various times, and as a result all life exhibits tiny fluctuating currents of electrical force and heat.

With the lengths of lemon wood still under their glass panels, I attached a ground wire to the thinner end and grasped the thicker end.  Interestingly, the patten of iron filings changed in response to the wood being grasped.  As long as I held it, the field around the lemon wood was in constant motion, with swirls around the long sides and the 'beam' still pointing out the front.  I will be taking video of this phenomenon soonest

Given the robustness of the field, my revised next experimental step is to see how larger objects respond to these lengths of wood.  A wooded magnet seems like it could be very useful, and I have never heard of one up until now; and certainly I would have expected it to contain more iron — but perhaps it makes sense that it would be an elecrtically-powered field rather than a permanent ferrous magnet.  I am also planning to check the iron content of the wood itself — we do water with unsoftened well water and lake water, and in our house we are constantly adding "Iron Out" to keep from staining the sinks red.

My first experiment with the lengths of lemon wood has shown that I can attract small ferrous objects (a set of knives in the garage has been my test subject), but only as long as my hand is in contact with the wood.  If I allow the wood to get too close to the knives (or other ferrous objects), they are repelled instead of attracted.  I have absolutely no hypothesis yet on why this might be, but I plan to watch the field effect under glass to see if the field itself is changing in response to the presence of a ferrous object at the tip of the wood-length.

One very interesting effect of the apparent polarity shift in the wood is that an object can be carefuly balanced at a foot or so below the wood, and can be made to 'levitate' for a few seconds.  It is easy for it to fall out of the field's influence however.  I tried this out with one ofg the knives on a table, and found that I could make it "jump" with a sort of rubber-band effect as a result of the polarity shift at different distances.  It looks like the knife is bunny-hopping across the table, being led on by the wood-length like a conductor's stick.

I will continue this experiment after working hours, and diligently report my findings here.

[Edit 4/3/08 by Secretia: This was an April Fools post... sorry if we got your hopes up.  Mr. Beverly told us to pretend like it was real!]

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