James F. Coyle - Anomalies of Nature

There is a very strange effect that seems to permeate nature. Without it acoustical instruments such as violins and guitars would not work. Neither would radio tuning circuits. In fact without it early radio would have been impossible. It is called resonance and is the ability of one mechanism to affect another over a distance providing the second mechanism is "tuned" either mechanically or electronically to the first "prime" mechanism.

The simplest example is the tuning fork. When struck this device resonates at its natural frequency and a similar device a short distance away will resonate "in sympathy". Energy has been transferred via the air between both objects. When you tap an empty wine glass it resonates at its natural pitch. And the strange thing about resonance is that enormous amounts of energy can be generated under certain conditions.

It was discovered some time ago that the space between the earths surface and the ionosphere had a natural resonant frequency between 7-10 cycles per second, which is in the human brain alpha range. Flashing lights shone on the eyelids of a person cause the brain frequencies to "resonate" with the cyclic frequency of this light, which is the basis of how mind machines operate.

A guitar or violin has a sounding box which tends to resonate with the strings as they are struck. Without this resonating sounding box you would not easily hear the strings vibrating. The resonance effect amplifies the volume of the strings.

In an electronic circuit the coil and capacitor (which form the tuning circuit) are manually adjusted (by the tuning control) to the frequency of the incoming radio signal. The circuit actually selects the incoming signal by amplifying it by a factor of 100 or more, over and above any of the other frequencies. This is called the "Q Factor" of the tuned circuit. The higher this "Q Factor" the greater the selectivity or "resonance factor".

Very low frequency sounds around 4-10 cycles per second can do extraordinary damage under certain conditions. If they are aimed at a structure which has a resonant frequency equivalent to that being sent then enormous amounts of energy can be generated which appear to be out of all proportion to the energy being transmitted.

A French engineer by the name of Professor Gavraud discovered by accident that the nausea attacks he was suffering in his office were caused by low frequency vibrations generated by the air conditioning plant on the roof of a building across the road. These vibrations were being conducted thru the air and because of the shape and the critical distance of his office from the air conditioner his office was "tuned" to the 7 cps being generated across the road. This constant subliminal vibration affected his nervous system and made him feel sick. Being an engineer he decided to build machines with which he could experiment. After a lot of testing he found that a 6 foot version of a French Policeman's whistle produced the subsonic sounds he needed. To make it work he powered it with compressed air. Apparently there was a fatal accident on its very first test. The technician operating it collapsed with crushed organs, such was the effect of the subsonic blast. They found that the low frequency waves could be "aimed" at a concrete building some distance away and under some conditions could cause the foundations to disintegrate. These devices became known as "Frequency-7" machines and copies of the patents are available from the French patent office. They are extremely simple to build and in unskilled hands can be very dangerous indeed. The actual energy generated in the foundations of the building is vastly greater than that generated by the device - it has been magnified by resonance.

Subliminal low frequency waves appear to be generated in advance of an earthquake, sometimes some hours ahead of the actual quake. It is this subliminal sound that some animals and birds notice. Goldfish are particularly sensitive to these frequencies and it is quite common in earthquake prone Japan to keep a goldfish and watch for strange behavior.

The human mind appears to slip into resonance when it is totally absorbed in a fascinating project. Little mental energy is expended under these conditions. Consider the energy you expend at a job you detest - then consider the lack of energy you expend while involved in your favorite hobby later that night!

There is a machine you can build called a TESLA COIL which relies heavily on resonance to produce enormously high voltages to throw sparks 5- 10 feet and more. The machine starts off with a high voltage transformer (usually a 10-15,000 volt neon light transformer) which discharges across a small spark gap. This discharge produces high frequency waves which are then fed into the primary winding of a resonant tuned circuit. The secondary winding consists of many thousands of turns of fine wire on an insulated tube 5-10 feet high. The resonance and "Q" multiplying effect produce extremely high (low current) voltages which are fairly safe and totally spectacular. I used to build these for experimental purposes but they had the nasty habit of demolishing TV reception for miles around!

With my own background in electronic design I sometimes wonder about the shape of the double helix DNA spiral .... and whether it couldn't be some form of sub-micro tuned circuit ...... receiving who-knows-what from who-knows-where!!!