Posted by grim (206.162.192.40) on February 26, 2003 at 06:18:43:
A day or two ago I forwarded some information that I obtained from a German researcher to Scott and also to the gentleman on the other wheel site concerning the possible direct sources of the "milkmaid's oath" and some other book sources concerning the 'con' side of the pro-and-con of Bessler's Wheel.
I found the German gentleman to be cordial and informative.
I received source leads to my questions in two e-mails that we corresponded with.
At NO time did I imply that the man or his research was a fraud, nor did I mention anyone else's name from this site or any other in my mails to him.
I do not consider Hans-Peter Gramatke or his research to be a fraud or fraudulent, nor John Collins, Scott Ellis, Mike, or anyone else or their work, for that matter.
My goal has been total two-sided research to determine whether time and money should be expended on a prototype. Research is cheaper than materials.
I never dreamed that by contributing info, pro or con, designs, and maybe trying to help someone else out by saving them time on descriptions of designs that have been tried here (many)
that I would be turned by someone into some kind of villain for something that I never said, wrote or did.