Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Life Of Viktor Schauberger

By Ann Jordan


People who are into engineering, science, or environmentalism would probably know about Viktor Schauberger. He is the very famous forester, naturalist, inventor, and even philosopher that invented many machines like the actuator that is used in most airplanes and ships today. He is even the one who founded the implosion theory that many people know of nowadays.

He was born in the year 1885 in Austria. What is very interesting about him is that he descended from a long line of Austrian forest wardens who are also the descendants of ancient Germanic tribes. His views were somewhat controversial at that time and thus were not formally accepted by the scientific community. His theory on vortices was his very first one that became famous.

He used a trout that was swimming in the water to develop his theory. His main questions was how a small trout could swim against the strong current of the water with just a small movement from the fins. It was from there that he concluded that vortices that flow in circular motions did exist.

Another thing that he theorized was that these so called vortices were made by nature. In fact, he stated that the structure of water has so many kinds of layers that is built up on the vortex itself. The last thing that he concluded was that the vortex is densest when it is in a cold state.

With these theories, he was able to develop a lot of inventions that involved water engineering. He even used his theory on vortices to develop machines that utilizes circular motion inside its parts. Some of his creations include the log flumes, the jet turbine, and other machines that utilize hydroelectric power.

In the Second World War, he had the chance of meeting the leader of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler. Both of them had a very intense discussion on hydro powered machinery, agriculture, forestry, and engineering. It was here that he worked for the army in developing different kinds of machinery for the big German army like weapons and vehicles. However, due to some loyalty problems, he was sent to a Nazi concentration camp near the end of the war.

It was only after the Second World War that he was able to get out of the concentration camps. Unfortunately, the US government captured him and detained him because of his association with Adolf Hitler and the German army. All of his drawings, documents, and even inventions were taken away from him until he was eventually released from observation nine months later.

Sometime during 1985, he was offered a deal by Robert Donnor to work with him in the United States with a few fellow inventors. Donnor was fascinated by the inventions of Schauberger and wanted to also see how these machinery worked. Unfortunately, the deals did not push through and the project failed because of squabbles among the partners. Eventually, he just flew back to Austria in the same year and passed away on September 25.




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