Thomas Newcomen’s 1712 “‘Atmospheric’ Steam Engine”
Basic Forces behind the MACE Technology
In mimicking the GEC, the MACE engine is perhaps best appreciated from the perspective of an animation of the very first steam engine of the Industrial Era, Thomas Newcomen’s “Atmospheric” Steam Engine, built in 1712.
Unlike later steam engines, although grossly inefficient, the Newcomen engine embodies the exact same principles found in Nature, producing power without using pressurised steam.
Nature produces <1000x more power than the whole of Industry combined, but it’s commonly assumed that an ‘atmospheric’ engine simply cannot supply the essential energy-density (E/D) needed to meet our insatiable demand for ‘usable’ power.
Since Nature is doing it all the time, the basic assumption, “that it’s impossible to extract ‘usable energy’ from the open ocean” is obviously irrational. It ‘merely’ requires that we copy Nature far more closely and work out how.
Historically, Newcomen’s ‘Atmospheric’ Steam Engine, used extensively to replace watermills and pump, water from mines, was the only one available for 50 years.
Powerful but horrendously slow and inefficient, when James Watt modified the machine to use steam under pressure, the Newcomen engine was superseded and quickly forgotten.
However, whilst James Watts’ ‘improvements’ were, without doubt, wholly responsible for introducing the Industrial Era,
his new engine had changed the basic principles of the machine’s operation and introduced an ‘apparently-unavoidable’ dependence on fossil fuels and all the problems we now face, with global warming.
Had the Newcomen engine instead been ‘improved’ by more carefully copying Nature and sticking with the basic principles, we might have avoided 300 years of pollution and the very real possibility now being faced, of a global climatic catastrophe.
The Basic MACE Engine
Using the same energy cycle as Mother Nature, the MACE engine is essentially a highly modified, super-efficient, vortex-driven version of Newcomen’s engine that, once fully primed, offers the potential of running on latent heat extracted directly from the open ocean.
With one vortex to drive vapour from the surface of the surrounding sea (or other suitably wetted horizontal surface or Ground Plane Barrier, (GPB)) and another to replace Newcomen’s cold-water spray, the MACE engine largely eliminates the inefficiencies of the original mechanism.
Performance can be greatly enhanced with the appropriate use of pressure, steam, venturis, elements, Thermo-Electric cells (TECs) and/or ultrasonic misters, indeed anything that appropriately increases the basic Energy Differential (E/D).
To work properly, the IRV MUST be kept horizontal and preferably over open water (or other suitable heat source) and the (linear) tornado vortex tube, must be held vertical.
The ultimate MACE engine is essentially a Solar-powered, turbine version of the Newcomen engine that uses two juxtaposed atmospheric vortexes in a unique array that avoids the gross inefficiencies of Newcomen’s original mechanism.
A cyclone over open water produces the water vapour used as fuel by the tornado in the central, low-pressure vortex tube.
In theory, once primed, the MACE engine can run indefinitely, on energy supplied directly from the atmosphere and/or open ocean. The initial triggers ultimately act only as back-up.
One vortex feeds the other in an endless cycle, all ultimately driven by latent heat, extracted from the surrounding water by the Wind Chill effect, artificially combining the cyclone’s ability to release energy from the surface of the open ocean by forced evaporation, and the tornado’s ability to flash-condense that vapour back into fresh water and clean energy within a vortex tube.
Summary of the Basic MACE Engine
When a magician ‘reveals all’, the ‘impossible’ can seem ridiculously obvious.
To properly thrive, a civilisation requires fresh water, arable land and many forms of usable energy, all of which can be supplied by various iterations of the basic MACE engine. In theory, energy can be drawn from anywhere, from the surface of the sea to the Stratopause, but the open ocean is the primary source of stored energy.
Once the basic concept is seriously considered, it’s hard to avoid seeing how quite basic techniques, using pyramids, thermals and manmade vortexes can potentially control and/or power every aspect of the Global Energy System.
- On the macro scale, the basic MACE research covers the PFM responsible for reducing the recent severity of Northern hemisphere winters, plus the obvious potential of manmade thermals from large pyramids to power MACE Aircraft high into the air for flights right around the globe and possibly on, into space.
- On a somewhat lesser scale, the research also shows how, by automatically triggering large numbers of smaller, conventional storm events, it may be possible to significantly mitigate or even eliminate entirely the havoc caused by major cyclones and tornados.
- And, on a smaller scale still, MACE engines can produce electrical power, fresh water, and finally, lift for a new, ecologically green, VTOL aircraft with almost unlimited potential in speed, range and payload.
Proving the MACE Hypothesis
The solving of what amounts to a truly global jigsaw puzzle began in 1959 when I discovered major errors, bias, distorted facts and outright deception in a major reference work about the Great Pyramid at Giza.
At that time, there was little more than that name on the proverbial puzzle-box:
‘The Great Pyramid’.
The puzzle and the ultimate recovery of a ‘green’ technology that could possibly solve Global Warming, was initially little more than that, a name that, above all others, essentially defined the “apparently unknowable” mysteries of our dim and distant past.
As any committed jigsaw-puzzler will appreciate, this puzzle has run as a backdrop to my entire life since I first took up the challenge. From the beginning, I’ve slowly collected and identified key pieces and then juggled them around until finally a sense of logical order started to emerge from the quite irrational chaos now blindly accepted as our written history.
The final “Eureka!” moment came in 2019 when the final key pieces of data, from NASA’s ATTREX Programs, made it possible to lock all the main sections firmly into place. With only tiny holes remaining, it set a solid framework for a final ‘reveal’.
First recorded over 6500 years ago, as the ziggurats of ancient Sumer, the pyramids represent by far the oldest major technology of global significance. In total, its recovery has taken ‘just’ 65 years.
Rebuilding a Technology from the scattered evidence
Some of the recovered pieces provided background: others were obviously hard evidence from the very start. Whilst distinguishing which was which could sometimes be a challenge, there could be no unexplained OOPPARTS, “out of place physical artifacts” within the final, ultimate image
The true significance of individual pieces has changed, often quite dramatically, as time progressed. However, as in any adult-sized jigsaw, every tiny piece is significant and ‘finding the only piece that fits exactly’ in any specific niche, has always been the consuming challenge.
With at least 6,500 years of planetary history to cover, sorting fact from fiction was, above all, the most significant of problems and there never could be a ‘best place to start’ that would work well for everyone. So, as sections linked up and became recognisable, they were metaphorically labelled and placed approximately. Slowly the scattered pieces have come together over the years to reveal a ‘whole’ that finally seems to make some rational sense.
As the evidence built, significant sections would suddenly click into place, punctuating my life with yet another “Eureka!” moment. After 60+ years, section after section has ultimately combined into one rational, seamless whole.
As the ancient technology was recovered, so a logical version of history also took shape.
A rough Chronology of the rebuilding of the MACE Technology
The piece that first set me on my way, was the sighting, in August 1954, of a UFO. Certainly NOT hard evidence at the time but a personal challenge that inspired me and has stayed the course, to finally become a vital piece in the ‘Ultimate’ Solution.
For me, by far the most significant discovery, c1959, was of obvious bias, distorted facts and even apparent ‘errors’ in simple geometry by astronomer, Charles “Piazzi” Smyth, in his 1865 book, “Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid”, at that time recommended as the major reference on the metrology of the Great Pyramid. Again, whilst NOT in any way hard evidence, the work became the bane of my life as I attempted to get anyone, especially the so-called experts, to even listen, let alone seriously consider my arguments.
However, “Our Inheritance...” also contained significant data that defined science-based precision and imperative in its construction, clearly related to a ‘Solar-based’ energy technology, still far more advanced than anything we have to date. And, as a valuable source of evidence, the Great pyramid itself still had significant potential to reveal much about that ancient technology.
Only recently has clear evidence emerged that Archaeologists are also waking to this evidence.
Having a proven blueprint to work from is so much quicker and easier than working from scratch.
Rebuilding the MACE Technology
My first real “Eureka!” moment soon came when I recognised that the only logical imperative that could drive the construction of this perfectly square, four-sided, mirrored pyramid perfectly aligned to earth’s axis, must have something to do with reflecting the sun’s energy vertically from a totally-surrounding field of heliostats. At that time, I could only speculate it had something to do with powering air- and possibly spacecraft. As it later turned out, whilst undoubtedly correct, I had only recognised one small part of a very much larger picture.
Such an arrangement, with a mirrored pyramid centred within a field of heliostats, could produce a powerful thermal and reflected beam of sunlight, estimated to reach, at best, to ~10,000m. Beyond 10km, beam divergence would become an increasingly-significant factor, possibly limiting the practical use of what was still an entirely unprovable theory.
In the late 60’s, I started flying, emigrated to Australia and gained a Commercial Pilot's Licence. Through the 70’s 80’s and 90’s, I developed my engineering skills and gained a diploma in electronics. I also continued my research and experiments into solar and building technologies that might answer the many obvious riddles associated with every type of pyramid.
Key pieces still missing in the development of the original ‘Pyramid’ Technology of Ancient Egypt
From ‘76, I also ran an appliance repair business and pursued my aviation interests by designing and building a number of light hovercraft (5 in all). I later bought a small amphibious light aircraft and, along the way, developed certain modifications to improve its performance and handling.
In ‘87, building on my love of puzzles, I bought a derelict property and developed it into a tourist attraction, with a 1200m hedge maze and a ‘Rainbow’ maze of my own invention, plus many other novel attractions.
In ‘94, a second maze followed in a public park, northwest of Melbourne, which failed due to Victorian state politics and the total collapse of the main park’s watering system.
Back at Healesville, my Hedgend Maze won the Victorian small business tourism award two years running before I finally ‘retired’ c2003, to re-commit to my historical research interests and writing up my discoveries. The maze business had involved a number of building projects, in which I’d taken the opportunity to experiment with various high-speed building techniques I believe were used in the construction of the Great pyramids.
However, it was only after ‘retiring’ that I started to make major advances in the recovery of the basic technology, with the Pharos Lighthouse providing by far the most startling advances.
Exploring the potential means of producing ‘Pyramid’ Technology of Ancient Egypt
Whilst touring on a very rare holiday in August 1997, another “Eureka!” moment, at Battle Creek in Queensland, provided the inspiration to start writing and return to the base mystery.
Most notably, c2000, as I started to cover the far more common “non-true” or stepped pyramids, I identified unique markers suggesting the technology was based not just on ‘Solar’ but on ‘beamed’ energy generally, (most notably microwaves but also lasers), and on the use of atmospheric vortexes, the ultimate power units of every type of storm in Nature.
The re-publication, in full, on the internet, c2002, (by Graham Oaten of Melbourne and Ronald Birdsall), of Flinders Petrie’s 1883, book “The Pyramids and Temple at Gizeh(sic)”, was also a truly seminal, “Eureka!” moment, both in my research and possibly in world history.
Petrie’s defined mean error of “<0.6inches”, in the construction of the Great pyramid proved*, once and for all, that its construction would not have even been possible without what we now know as ‘laser’ technology.
With a raft of other discoveries and advances in technology, it inspired me to consider leaving the maze to commit full time to completing my research.
*Petrie’s survey results were confirmed “in all essential detail” in 1925 by JH Cole
I ‘retired’ In 2003 to dedicate my time to writing-up my discoveries, thinking that someone would soon see their potential and take it up. Over the next five years, I self-published two books and developed a number of short videos, finally posted on Youtube c2012 , all with virtually no response (NB, Changing technology has since seen the quality of the video downloads seriously degrade, a matter I hope to address shortly)
Having experimented with vortexes for a number of years, yet another “Eureka!” moment occurred in August 2012, when I discovered a reconstructed image of the Pharos Lighthouse, developed by a fellow researcher, Lee Krystek, from a variety of historical sources. The instant I saw it (@www.unmuseum.org/pharos.htm), I finally recognised exactly how all the basic elements of the ancient technology must have worked. I also recognised that its potential uses were also very much broader than I’d anticipated and indeed went far beyond even my wildest imaginings of earlier times.
The final piece of the puzzle was contained in findings released by NASA, early in 2019 but initially went almost unnoticed. It was only when I suddenly recognised exactly how those last pieces fitted in, that I knew I finally had all the main parts of the picture and my long-held theory was now potentially provable.
On the last leg, with the recovery of the Pharos and ultimate Pyramid technologies.
Throughout my entire adult life I have periodically attempted to introduce my discoveries to senior researchers in the many fields of endeavour my research has covered. Almost without exception, the response to my theories has been cautiously positive in the area of their own special knowledge, and totally negative about my conclusions on the subjects that were outside their area of expertise. (Author: Every part, on its own, was acknowledged by an expert in each specific field but no one (else), it seemed, could accept the picture as a whole, as even remotely possible.)
In the one major example, in 2002, the ‘expert’, a professor in Egyptian Archaeology* totally denied any knowledge of Petrie’s seminal survey results, nor would they concede that even Smyth’s far lesser precision was barely achievable with optical instruments. *name withheld
I sent them the details of my source data, (ie chapter VI, p40, in Petrie’s “Pyramid and Temples…”), and details regarding the later, 1925 survey, that confirmed Petrie’s figure of “within 0.6inches”, as correct “in all essential detail”, but received no response at all.
Author: Clearly, the 60yr delay in finally proving Piazzi Smyth’s 1865 fraud, had taken its toll on the assumed scientific impartiality of Academia. No one, it seemed, wanted to know about something so radical that challenges long-held assumptions and would ‘rock the boat’ in their chosen career.
The truth is one thing, proving it to someone who doesn’t want to know is something else again
The Energy Cycle of the basic MACE Engine
The ‘Marine “Atmospheric Cyclone” Effect’ or MACE Engine is the main power unit of this whole technology: in essence, as seen only in the Global Energy Cycle, it uses the vertically-aligned vortex of a tornado to harness the power-potential of an IRV developed within the Stratosphere.
In the MACE engine, exactly as occurs in Nature’s GEC and a cyclone, the radiating surface winds of an IRV release energy from the water’s surface into the surrounding air (as water vapour), that the centrally-aligned tornado then ingests as its fuel. In the MACE engine, an artificial tornado in a vortex tube, flash-condenses the vapour back into its base components, of water and cold, dry air, whilst producing raw energy in the form of wind and low pressure, high-grade energy that’s then available for other uses like Aviation or power production.
The energy released drives the vortex, and, whilst hot air rises (and may be recycled), the water and cold air leave the base of the vortex funnel. With the water removed, the cold, dry air radiates outwards, once again extracting energy from the sea to continue the basic energy cycle.
Developed over open water, once started, a MACE engine can potentially be self-sustaining, ultimately powered by latent energy drawn by wind from the surface of the open ocean.
Using a mirror-image ‘inverted’ ring vortex (IRV), the Pharos extended the basic Pyramid technology
The MACE engine is thus a simplified, scaled-down version of the Global Energy Cycle; one that includes the Stratosphere but largely ignores the extreme cold of the Tropopause, above which temperature only very slowly rises again to ~0oC at the Stratopause, at an altitude of ~50km.
The sun releases vapour into the air around the equator but less than 0.001% finally reaches the stratopause (at the top of the stratosphere’s Inversion layer). There, at above -4oC, the vapour sublimates before flash-condensing in the winter Polar Vortex to provide the positive feedback mechanism (PFM) that’s totally critical, globally, to maintaining the Balance of Nature.
Once established, the combined cyclone-and-tornado vortex array of the MACE engine can potentially run forever on solar energy ultimately drawn from the open ocean.
The whole technology, right back to the pyramids was recovered by the insight provided from reverse-engineering the Pharos Lighthouse but not until early last year (2019) did data, (released by NASA) reveal indirectly, the ultimate role for the ‘matching-twin’ ‘Great’ Pyramids of Giza and Teotihuacan (et al). By potentially providing the Polar Vortex with a reliable, land-based source of water vapour, on command, “Great” Pyramids can mitigate or even eliminate the potentially negative, seasonal effects, of major cyclone activity in the North Pacific basin.
NASA finds the final key that brings the Pyramid technology full circle
Introduction to the MACE Hypothesis
It has long been accepted the Great Pyramid defines π and numerous prime numbers; also, that its near-perfect polar alignment defines a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy, geology and engineering, and a (metric?) system of measurement based on the Earth’s Polar* circumference. However, Archaeology still ignores data 1st published in 1883 (and confirmed “in all essential detail” in 1925), defining a precision-in-construction not physically possible without “Laser” technology, not available in Modern times until the late 20th century.
When (c1959) I read details of the “optical” precision of the Great Pyramid, I knew it could only be explained if it had served some role within a highly-advanced “Solar” technology. However, only very recently has it become possible to finally prove, beyond all reasonable doubt, (BARD) the potential of this ancient technology to reverse climate-change and supply enough water and energy to sustainably meet all the present and future needs of our expanding population.
It was by contrasting the simplicity of the Great Pyramid against the complexity of the Pharos Lighthouse, that finally allowed the ‘Solar only’ part of an ancient technology to be revealed with its has inherent potential to eliminate climate change and Global Warming. However, with much more still to learn from the pyramids of Teotihuacan, et al, the recovery of this ancient technology may never have happened at all were it not for the initial key provided by the Giza pyramids.
*Based on the more circular and thus more obvious equatorial circumference, the use of a compensating factor (of ~0.997) reveals even more clearly, the truly astonishing ‘laser’ precision of the Great Pyramid.
Overview
The MACE Hypothesis and MACE Engine are radical concepts, ultimately based on ancient knowledge physically demonstrated in the structure of the Great Pyramid. Unravelling the mystery has taken 60 years, with the final details only becoming clear with the release, last year, of data from NASA’s ATTREX program that defined clear links between cyclones, the Polar Vortex and the “extreme winter weather in the Northern Hemisphere” of recent years. This final connection added to an earlier NASA discovery that firmly linked “cyclone genesis” and so called “Hot Towers”.
The NASA findings presented an apparent “Catch22” global conundrum in which Hot Towers were part of both the cause and the solution to Global Warming. However, it seems the ancient Egyptians had entirely resolved this apparent conundrum with the building of the twin “Great” pyramids at Giza, 4500 years ago. How all of these elements link firmly together is totally basic to my hypothesis.
Some confirmation, of both the problem and the answer is provided by the fact that, 3000 years later, the inhabitants of Teotihuacan also undertook the construction of remarkably-similar twin “Great” pyramids as part of a very much larger complex of even greater technical sophistication.
With our whole way of life possibly at stake, I believe I’ve made a major breakthrough in our understanding of the true role and purpose of both the Great Pyramids and Pharos Lighthouse that deserves some serious consideration. If I’m right, as I believe can now be proven, then the detailed recovery of this ancient technology will totally resolve all the major problems associated with Global Warming.
Chaos Theory’s ‘Butterfly Effect’
Since the mechanisms of both events are essentially identical and entirely scalable, the concept implies that (assuming ideal conditions) the flapping wings of a tiny butterfly could in theory, become a major cyclone.