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THE ARCHIVES at Orr, ovusk sits a HENDERSHOT Compiled and Published by Mark M. Renderehot FROM MARK M. HENDERSHOT, ed my Father's machine in operation and adjusted the model he built with success. Enclosed you vill find some letters from various parties who contacted my Father, fas well ae photos taken during operation of the machine (note the light emitting from the bulb in the photos). I am working on a model now and hope to have it working properly for the International Tesla Symposium in 1995. had sone results with my model but not at the level of my Father. I am hoping that the proceeds derived from the sale of this packet will allow me to purchase the test instruments to do the proper testing to tune the coils and capacitor to a level that will achieve results equal to those of my Father. I have For 24 years auch of the information contained herein has been stored away in family memories and keeps Only now has this compilation been assembled and made available to entrepreneurs who work still to create what no one has since Lester J. Hendershot It ig ny sincere belief that once again the theory and working Proof can be presented to a world which may now be ready. May we all work in parallel and perhaps, in cooperation to realize the dream once held by a man who believed when the world did not. Yours if sh Ug ‘THE LESTER J. HENDERSHOT STORY TOLD BY MARK M. HENDERSHOT My name is Mark Hendershot, Lester J. Hendershot was my Father Lester was an inventor and in his many attempts at producing practical items, he had a moderate success a few times with electronic toys, and had a0ld eome of his ideas to snail manufacturers. His biggest idea, however, was so revolutionary that it embarrassed the nation's top ecientists because they couldn't explain it, and if it could be perfected, it would possibly eliminate the heed for public electric Utilities in many instances, and it would completely change most of our Present concepts of motivation Hie earlier invention was called a “aotor" by the newspapers, but it was actually a generator which was powered by the magnetic field of the earth. Hie later models created enough electricity to siaultaneously Light a 120 volt light bulb and a table model radio. I witnessed it furniehing the power to run a television set and a sewing machine for hours at a time in our living room. It was in 1927 and 1926 that my Father began to think seriously about this "fuel-less" generator. He had taken up flying in 1925 and he soon realized that the ultimate development of aviation would be greatly enhanced by the creation of an absolutely true and reliable compass, and his firet efforts were to produce such an instrument. He theorized that the magnetic compase did not point to true north and varies from true north to 8 different extent at almost every point on the earth's surface. Also, the induction compass has to be set before each flight and at that tine was not alvays reliable. He claimed that with a pre-maguetized core he could set up a magnetized field that would Indicate the true north, but he didn't know just how to utilize that in the compass he had set out to develop. In continuing hie experiments, he found that by cutting the same line of magnetic force north and south, he had an indicator of the true north and that by cutting the magnetic field east and west, he could develop a rotary motion. With thie principle in mind, he switched his plans and began working on ‘a notor which utilized this magnetic power. He built one that would Fotate at a constant speed, a speed pre-determined when the motor was built, It could be built for an desired speed, he said, and he felt that a reliable contant speed motor was one of the greatest needs in fation at that time, The one he built developed 1,800 revolutions per minute (See Photo A) In the following years, he realized that the idea of a magnetically- Powered motor was not as practical as a magnetically-powered generator, Go his later work was directed toward the generator (See Photo B). The Lester J. Hendershot Story Page 2 ‘To avoid confusion, it should be pointed out that the early experiments began on a magnetically-powered MOTOR, and later a GENERATOR. ‘The firat significant experiments on the motor version were held at Selfridge Field, Detroit, under the direction of Major Thomas G. Uanphier, commandant of the field and leader of the First Pursuit Group. The device demonstrated at Selfridge was a small model of what he hoped would be developed into an airplane engine. Quotes in the newspapers, referred to top aeronautical brass of the day and their impressions of what they sav. One auch report was credited to William B, Stout, president of the Stout Alr Service, Iuc., and designer of the ali-metal type plane used by the fora Motor Company. Stout's comments were, "The desonstration was very impressive, It vas actually uncanny. “I would like very much to see a large model, designed to develop enough power to lift an airplal Major Lanphier's comments to reporters after the denonstrations were, "The whole thing is so mysterious and startling that it has the appearance of being a fake." "I was extremely skeptical when I saw the first model", he continued, sbut T helped to build the second one and witnessed the winding of the magnet. Ivan sure there was nothing phoney about it." My Father had first chown the military brass how his model worked, then he ouperviaed arny technicians in building their owa model, which worked perfectly. Major Lanphier said that the electrical men to’ whom they had shown the motor "....;,-laughed at the way we wired it up and said it wouldn't work. Then it DID work." Ie was the Selfridge Field experiment which touched off the series of stories in the national press. Stories with blaring headlines in such papera ae the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Detroit Times, Pitteburgh papers, the New York Times, and many others. Most of then tagged the instrument demonstrated at Selfridge the "miracle motor", and there were pictures of Major Lanphier and Col. Lindbergh, ay Father and the motor Anything in the news during that period which could be connected with Lindbergh was front page whether he had an active interest, or just happened to be in the area at the time. Headlines in the various papers read, "Gasless Motor Tested for Lindy", ‘Lindy Inspects Fuelless Motor For Airplanes", and "Lindbergh Tries Motor That The Earth Runs." One story even stated that, at its request, Lindbergh and Lanphier were flying to New York to show the motor to the Guggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics. The Lester J. Hendershot Story Page 3 Later reports, however, emphasized that Lindbergh actually had nothing whatsoever todo with the experinents, and that he had just witnessed couple of the demonstrations as the guest of his friend, Major Lanphier. ‘The Selfridge tests seoned to satisfy Lanphier and his associates, however, and during the period he was there, the model the technicians built obtained as high as 1,800 revolutions per minute and they announced its performance wae entirely satisfactory. It was estimated these motors would run for 2,000 to 3,000 hour before the magnet center would have to be recharged. A man named Dr. F, W. Hochstetter, of the Hochstetter Research Laboratories in Pittsburgh, hastily called a news conference and dleplayed modelo of what he said were the "Hendershot Motor". He Gencnatrated them, and when they wouldn't work, he declared Hendershot was a fake, and that the motors worked only because of power derived from concealed pencil batteries After he had exhibited his models of the motor, Dr. Hochstetter announced that they wouldn't generate enough electricity to *. i-volt firefly" or to "...stitch a fairy's britches". Light a Woting the lavish lecture room in a New York hotel which had been rented by (or for) Dr, Hochatetter for the press conference, Dr. Hochstetter wae acked why he was so interested in the Hendershot demonstrations and In trying to discredit them. He replied merely that he had "cone to expose a fraud which would be capable of destroying faith in science for 1,000 years" and he clained his only motive was that "pure science might shine forth untarnishea". It was obvious to those who were pro-Hendershot that, in view of all the fase and bother of such a noted scientist as Dr. Hochstetter, somewhere behind it all, someone was anxious for the innovation to be ridiculed. When approached with the accusations, my Father smiled and told Teporters, "Dr, Hochatetter is correct, to a degree, I HAVE concealed batteriea in a model or two because I found that I could not trust sone of ny visitors, and I algo had evidence that someone had tampered with ay work. So, I put a couple of batteries in on occasion to lead the intruders away from what I was working on.” He added that Major Lanphier and his army technicians were proof enough of hia claims, "I didn't build the motor that was demonstrated at Detroit," he pointed out, "That was built by Army men under orders from Major Lanphier and under my direction. I didn't even so much as wind the motor. They built the motor and it works. ‘That's ay answer to all the critics ~~ it works." The Lester J. Henderahot Story Bage # Dr. Hochstetter and his associates also clained ay Father had signed a contract and received $25,000 for exploitation of the motor, but after a brief period of excitenent, the matter was dropped ~~ unproven. Not long after his denonstrations of the motor, Dr. Hochstetter died under unusual circumstances. He was ina Baltimore and Ohio train wreck, and he was the only passenger on the whole train who lost his Iiger My Father was the butt of many jokes and comments at the tine of the debates about his invention, An artist, drawing for one of the Pivtabureh papers, depicted him in a cartoon riding a propellorless airplane. The caption made fun of hin. In later years my Father remarked, "Every time I see a jet plane go over now, I think of that cartoon and how everyone laughed at me for suggesting @ plane could some day fly without a propeller. Twenty-five years ago I tried to tell them that.” As suddenly as it all started, the publicity and sensationalism of the Hendershot motor stopped. Tae last news story to appear was on March 10, 1928, when a amall article appeared in most papers saying that Lester Hendershot was @ patient in Energency Hospital in Washington. The personal account he gave was much the sane as the newspaper quote, with the minor exception that he was it by a bolt of 220 volts, not the jolting 2,000 the over-eager reporter had written. He was deuonstrating the motor'in the patent office, and the shock paralyzed his vocal chords, resulting in several weeks of recuperation before he completely tecoverea. Something happened during this period that could explain the actions of Dr. Hochetetter and his associates. My Father said that while he was in the hospital, he was approached by a large corporation to stop his activity in Connection with the motor or generator. Until the day he died, he would not reveal the name of the company, only that if he were successful with his generator, it would be a serious threat the their multi-million dollar induatry. He named the sum he accepted as $25,000, and the condition was that he vas not to build another unit for 20'years. That's when he dropped out of sight. ‘The Lester J. Hendershot Story Page 5 I've thought about the bizarre events connected with the generator, and feel it is possible the “large corporation" firet tried to stop the activities through Dr. Hochstettor. When this failed, they approached ny Father personally and bought him off. It's interesting to note that one of the doctor's charges was that he was paid $25,000 to exploit his work. Isn't it odd that this is the same figure actually paid, but to STOP his activities, but was quoted BEFORE he was approached with the offer? My Father adaitted that he and the family lived in constant fear, as we were being contacted every so often by crackpots who had delved into he Fecords and discovered his creation, and had gone to the trouble of searching him out. Some of them, he suspected, were representatives of subversive groups and/or foreign powers. ‘This latter charge seems a little exaggerated, but, was supported by a series of letters he received fron a fellow in Ohio in 1952. He had traced ay Father by going back to his hometown in Pennsylvania and talking to my uncle about the generator. ‘The first letter explained that he was a part of a group of scientists who were privately financing their own research on the same phenomena ny Father discovered in 1928. He emphasized they would not allow backing by any organization or government since an invention such as the Hendershot Generator should be for "all the peoples and should not be controlled by national governments, but should be given gratis to the World Government when it is ready to assume World Responsibility." He was critical of ny Father for allowing the military to look at it in i928. ‘That letter was written in April, and in June a post card came with the following terse message, "Will shortly make public via radio and newspaper, connection your generator with ‘Flying Saucer Propulsion’ Request Security Clearance from Security Chief your group within 48 hours, Have succeeded in duplication of your Generator.* In July my Father received a four-page hand-vritten epistle from the Ohio man. To ay knowledge, it was the last letter the writer sent on the oubject. He discussed information his intelligence had received on flying saucers, modestly admitting his sources were better than the CIA or the FBI, which he claimed had investigated hin several tines. He intimated that the Pasadena scientist had recently been kidnapped because he was working on an attempt to adapt the generator to aircraft. The Lester J. Hendershot Story Page 6 ‘Then he went into @ long and rambling dissertation on how he got interested in what he called the "Ether Vortex Phenomena” and the generator. Ho explained that the magnetic field in the earth and Volcanic action are related, according to his studies. He had spent two and one-half years in Japan working with Japanese volcanic scientists on the subject. Ho mentioned one study he had made, and pointed out that the shift of the strata causing the volcano was due to a rotation of the Electro~ Magnetic Field of the volcano at high speeds. He urged my Father to write a complete paper on his findings and publish them (preferably send them to the Earthquake Research Institute in Tokyo). Referring to a particularly bad earthquake which had just occurred in the Los Angeles vicinity a few months before, the writer warned ny Father not to operate his generator in the area near the San Andreas (Seismic) Fault which rune through the area. He said, "You may not believe it, but YOU CAN CAUSE EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY TO INCREASE if you continue to operate your generator in that district. I am wondering if you ware not directly responsible for the recent earthquake near Los Angeles?" ‘Then he promised that he and his associates would keep the possibility of his involvement in the earthquake to thenselves, Letters such as these, plue occasional phone calls when the callers would not identify themselves, and a threat from an admitted Communist which was turned over to the FBI, caused my Father concern much of the time. If a large organization would take over the generator and its research, all he wanted out of it was enough money to take care of himself and his family in the future years. One of the most encouraging offers came in September of 1956 when my her received word that officials of the Mexican government wanted to meet with him and discuss the possibility of using his generator for the rural development program in Mexico. Government officials flew to Los Angeles and drove out to our house, where cur family doctor who spoke Spanish acted as interpreter. Arrangements were made for the family to go to Mexico City, and for ay Father to work with Mexican technicians on the generator The Lester J. Hendershot Story Page 7 We all flew to Mexico City and were housed in an apartment near the home of the Director of Electricity. My Father supervised the Mexicans in building a model. He had been working with them for several weeks becoming more and more tense as time passed. He confessed to my Mother that he was frightened because he understood no Spanish, and his fellow workers talked constantly in little groups by theaselvea, often glancing over at him, He couldn't understand a word they were saying, and it worried him’ considerably. One morning in February of 1957, the laboratory called and asked where ny Father was. My Mother told them he had left for work in the morning, and if he wasn't there, ehe had no idea where he might be. She became Increasingly concerned as the day passed and there was no word from him. ‘That night he didn't cone home, and ve were on the verge of hysteria by next morning, then we received’ a telegran from Los Angeles. My Father's fear had worked iteelf into a nervous frenzy and he had rushed to the airport the day before and taken a plane for California. To the day of hie death, it was a closed subject and he vould never explain why he was compelled’ to leave us so suddenly under such strange circumstances, except that he feared for his life. ‘The final attempt to promote the generator came in the latter part of 1960 when @ Dr. Lloyd E. Cannon convinced my Father that he had the facilities to present the project to the United States Navy for research and development. Cannon said he was the General Manager of his ovn company, Force Research of Los Angeles, Palm Springs and the Mojave Desert. Cannon explained that his group wae made up of many dedicated scientists of Various fields who contributed time and knowledge to Force Research Projects. The range of experimentation covered electronics, astronautics, free energies, propulsion, and para psychology. Under my Father's supervision, two models were built and 100 copies of @ 56-page "proposal" were printed for presentation to the various government agencies and politicians who would have to review the project for ite consideration. After the completion of the proposal and it had been sent to the government with no reaulte, Cannon traveled the southwestern United States with the models trying to raise money for research. His visite were increasingly less frequent to our home until 1961, when a tragic Climax to this story occurred. on April 19, 1961, upon returning hone from school, I found my Father Qead. It was recorded ae a suicide without any further investigation. The Lester J. Hendershot Story Page 8 For those who might be interested in my Father's analysis of how his generator worked, the following are his theories on the subject: "This £ield of magnetism surrounding the earth is similar to the field of magnetism in a man-made generator." “The rotor of a generator is revolved by some means of power, cutting the lines of magnetion, creating electric power. The garth is turning inside of a field of magnetism. That, ‘no one contradicts, yet it is claimed there is no power to be derived from it.” "Let's say we have a mechanism that will collect, polarize and create a positive and negative connection to this tremendous power that is ever-present on the earth.” stake a survey compass. You can hold the needle east or west, and let go of it, and it immediately goes north and south, This sane power, when cut by the proper apparatus as the earth rotates inside this magnetism, will produce power, the amount of which is not calculated at this tine." ‘As long as the earth rotates around the sun, it will create electric power which sone scientists claim does not exist. Yet, we dig into the mountains for material that coste us unbelievable sums, to create the sane power." "This magnetien evrrounding the earth is in the same relation to electric power as uranium is to atomic power. Earth’ tagnetien ia ever-present at any height or depth. It is equal to uraniun aa a by-product for power, namely electricity.” cMagnetion must be cut. The lines of force circling the earth are constant and if this force is broken up, and polarized, you have the equivalent of uranium broken up, which creates a heat and in turn creates power." "Breaking up the forces of magnetism, polarizing them, thereby creating a resistance for power, is the same principal as atomic energy." "Scientists claim it requires friction to generate electricity. Telaim the earth rotating as it does, according to scientific theory, creates friction as a generator. The ever-present jgnetien is the field, or stator." ‘The Lester J. Hendershot Story Page 9 "We have only to utilize this source of power to light every home, bighway, bridge, airplane or any type of thing that cannot now be lighted because of inadequacy of present facilities.* "A very small unit composed of wire, a magnet, several especially designed coils, condensors, collector units, and a few other minor items, will cut this force. Another especially designed mechanisa will polarize it, giving a positive and a negative connection to any resistance and the result is the Generation of electricity." There you have the theory of how to create electricity from the magnetic force of the earth, written by a man with only a high school education. Ae years went by I've always wanted to continue with ay Father's invention, but have worried myself about possibly running into the same problems ny Father aid. It would not do my Father justice just to stop all work on it and now I am ready to fulfill his dream. Since childhood I have been fascinated by electricity and have apent over 26 years in the electrical trade, Of his three son's, I alone have pursued this fascination and have applied my knowledge and experience to carry on ny Father's work. A lot of information has surfaced over the years, much of which is either backwards or just wrong according to ay Father's notes kept stored away by the family, I am currently working on the Hendershot Generator and hope to have it working for presentation at the Colorado Springs Tesla Symposium in July, 1995. Mark M. Hendershot 16541 Redmond Way #160 Redmond, WA 98052-4463 INDEX Page Published Articles a-9 Photographs 10 - 19 Letters 20 - 32 Assembly Instructions 33 - 42 Copyright 1995. Mark M. Hendershot. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced in any fora or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval devices or systens, without prior written permission fron Mark M. Henderahot. From The Archives Of Lester J. Henderehot FUELLESS MOTOR | IMPRESSES EXPERTS, W. B, Stout Says Invention) Works Uncannily—Washington Thinks It Important. | BUILT ON A RADIO PRINCIPLE | Armature Winding New—Inven- tor inspired by Young Son— Lindbergh Fligs Here, | pibtnGus, Mian nen em, stout heed of ihe Seu Air ies etter‘ tp alae ene tored Ford monoplane, decidred here today that he had seen what/he char; SERN cate dan sree tae vedas en a Phnurge He, etdeaot eames and his asdociate, D--Barr, al eeeprat as Bea ae Keesport, Pa., demonstrate tery generac 8 Shatage emis be wien Me risaetst Ciiatl ans model ured ta the demontt Timguch smaller machine than wn o- fant working motor capaBle'of devel-| oping power enough to Ht and pro-| pel ay levione, fis dontgnere oni for it that (e rung on an eleptro-mag~ etic principle, by which It draws tts | Force directly from the earth's fled Sud’ through: the properties “within. GES. motor’ itself fransforms "these fie currenta into power that can Se delivered efficiently et al propeller Bhat | Exhibit 1 Calls Demonstration Us “The demonstration was) very tm- pressive,” Mr, Stout said.|" actually uncanny. I would lke very much to see how a large’ qrodeh de- Eigned to develop power trough 40) iift'an alrplane, would operate.” ‘Mr. Stout raid tho model he saw tiny eles manner of winding the armature,” Bie, Stout. continued.» “"Hendershot aula he had succeeded In winding it Injaueh a way! that it draws ener disectiy “from electrical hich exist constantly in the Inithe ground, Such soure aid inexhausiible power, (of cours ever have been reached etore, ‘Dimall model anoeared £0 dperaté ex Sly, ae Hendoranot explained Chat ila fi coin Lindlngs, “ser alien, Sota indtreh nar ber Lanse, ould an ay irs at lenge o adel ee rine tee Aa eae, anid, Rowe aad eared Satire tat i enane Laen ey alt moa qecoiggaseg eat Se a ae en TEE Er anes De a asi aneeee ‘ee oe See fareconferenge with Maloy Lanpbler, Hondershot Sand Peat at Major Lan phler'é quarters today. Beeps Bois Phen From The Archives Of Lester J. Hendarshot Page 1 Corporation Boing Formed. DETROIT, Feb. 25 W7).—-A corpora- tion has been formed to develop the “tree. energy” motor invented by Lester J. Hendershot, ; Pittsburgh Hectrleal engineer, and incorporation papers ase sto be filed by Henry Brbckinndge, attorney, “in, New Yoru, ewes sald here, today. by Major “Thomas G. Lanphier, Self Bilge Field. flight commander. ‘ti jor tanphler, who left this after noon by alr for Mitehel Field, Lom TMand, said before his departure thai he was interested in tho corporation, Bat"he declined to name oluer per sons interested, : “Barller in ths, day Major, Lanphier sald’ Colonel Charles A. Lindborgh Was not connected, with tho enter. Pride, yet Mr, Breckinridge is Cok Shel ‘Lindbergi’s. attorney. Whether the motor will prove prac teal and revolutionize ‘the automo- Live. world’ will depend upon future tents, it waa sald loday by aeronau- Heal’ experts who have viewed teats of the model. nee ‘Major Lanphler, who with‘ Colonel Litdbergh witnessed @ private dem dustration yesterday, sald the motor faa great possibilities, but “it might fot, Kimount to anything. 218, to0 Exriy to tell anything ‘bout te" ‘he ‘Winiari B, Mayo, chief engincer of ord Moiar Company, wee In coB: ference, with, Major Laupaler, en ean te elite departure (co pHOF ore. 8 Pigs ‘declied- to! ‘any From The Archives Of Lester J. Hendershot Page 2 Exhibit 1 PURLLESS MOTOR | cola eS . 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Hondershot Page & FUBLLESS MOTOR’ | 1S A GRNERATOR New Hondershot Divics Hao | Enough Power to ‘Kill « Man,’ Lanphior. Says. EXTENSIVE TESTS AHEAD] Major Adda That Mush Remaine to Be Done Before Invention Can | | Be Apetied Practica, | | ‘The Hndershot “fucens motor" ot atotor a all ut «pene, ‘Moraine to hajor Phomen Gr Lem See, ommandeat at selease Fred, with wince bo with Lester Zr Hinaetsht, the taventns ond Bate Beat have Seen guy werk Sha? ee cata eee iltge Fig Satins marge Ueeafler Gaionel Lindborgs took Siem statin “a nti! fouraey by train, ariving hee yest Eel Elan slg tat be Eiheugh Peat; thas in common wits | LESTER J.|HENDERSHOT, LESTER J.IHENDERSHOT, Inventor at "Puella Motor,” Which Hialor Ganphier Says Iva Goncraise | hers he that ast It ae Bivens he became Interested. | Tet tae Gs gel nich Hen! earn" wal hagced tp e's aa SREB BEPC th Bape fates erie Mrsewise rgetite, “aat Sete ator bared ong this nonorator acts as It does Eanatorms if int powar Magor ans BLE sree, BObrboeeecboe “rth the InventSe's theory that bis machine Siecle fae aA aes test whee dai hetSea EE? inadal consisted of 2 fing mage fig ast the liek Ea OF Se este a at Sree bee tanec Se ts eovciagan ws Sd ooies auras oar Sit BER Sih ges mete lel re Ree arts, whch aa aa ee Re ee tee et ne eg oy attra ae Baler Canpater sata have’ got sour Tebsnd idl to Eth "ou auand model ‘hlor iseven inenea and tho Inge| Glameter nit Tachea,” Tae ory of {seein explaising tho generator de flared ‘Uial he bifaelt ves no eet, EMeal stands iia Hx Bie ube’ is weil work eiperimeat- 'E “yas” augiented that-perheps the Mendoeenot® engine. arta’ "ateeling’ ee from gota” big radio. Brow Bae ee SURE gh or ana tamper cde a ase ane Ss EON Gee FE eer ps meee ite orate te it Se A het Hegeepee o Bese arate aa sonergt. eat rate Segal Mesto Set cia utiaariek emi id hie] From The Archives Of Lester J. Hendershot Pare 5 | CAHIERS ats galy Hondershot, P [myzelf. and) Honey Wreckintidge, Bigor Lanphier sala. MBlotemor Alexander Klemin of the |Ghggenheim Schoo! of Acronautics, wie sald lal night that he would ba) | Fad o\}rovlae & pinee for tho proper jaboratory. experiment, on, tha Tien devshot device, assorted that the Weight, of the ‘motor would be no Brent bar, to Its use In @ planes, De EXtse of the great wolght saved In ot having a fuel load, | ‘Major Lanphier spent some timo) gestae (at contenant | reckinfidge, and Colonel Lindbergh adhered to bis declared. program of “eeping out of aight." "Sif wants to Ret out of the plow ture and Test and we are going to help filmm,"" Major banphler said and that’ Lindbergh's Closest friends had persuaded him for the present at least not to align fimselt ‘with any business organiza fon im. aviation or aut of It. “Lindbergh meant too much, to aviation,” Major Lanphier. sald, ‘as hhe is. Onco he foinu some company. he becomes u competitor. He be- Tonge to all aviation now," ‘Beyond bis trip to Albany as the guest oF phe ay hia friends. no plans beyond rest and play. Hendershot Comlng Mere, PITTSBURGH, Feb. 28 (.—Lester J. Henhershot, of West Elizabeth, Pa,, inventor of We ‘fuelless mon ton," togdy’ dented all knowledge of i corpoyation in process of formation fy Detroit frienga to exploit his crea. fin, but made known that he would go to New York Tuesday to confer Sian’ Colonel Chatles A. Lindbergh Bnd others prominent th, the world GPaviation, "Phe model of the motor Shieh waw on display In Detroit Inat [Meebic hint been sent to New York, Hondershot anid. From The Archives OF Lester J. Hendershot Page 6 AIR ENERGY. MOTOR TEST § FXPLANED Engine Which Derives Working| Force From Air And Earth "Stil In Experimental. Stage Almost Uncanny," Says William —B. Stout After Watching’ Model Put. Through Paces i [FORD CHIEF OPTIMISTIC: i i : COMPANY FORMED TOGEVELOP MOTOR USING FREE ENERGY Maj. Lanphier Says Lind- bergh Not Connected With Projected Enterprise.“ WINDING OF ARMATURE HELD SECRET OF POWER Guggenheim Promises Help. Aviation Experts Here “Seem Unimpressed. 4 2h, 928 eh LINDY. IN N.Y. TO PERFECT MAGNET MOTOR Engine 28 Inches Long and| I Weighs '130 Pounds, De- signer States. . NuW YORK, Feb 2 ~The ew Fork American Ina copyrights fed articio will say tomorrow that tunel Charien A. Lindbergh oF Thorman Lanner han brouRht New York the fleeten-magnetlc motor of Tester endershot for purposes of perfection and produc “rhe motor will be taken to the office of the Guggeahelm Fund for tho promotion of aeronautics tor | morro, the paper will nay. Speepite protestations of Lind hers, TK. Knight and others) that they’ were In New York on a pleasure Saunt and that they posl- Lively would have nothing to” do ‘with praduetion of the Invention, Wad earned diey had. brougnt themotor here for that sole PuP== Dewees the paper will augert, THenderstiot, designer of the n= gine Will arrive Tuesday t con Finun “nesotiations with. Lanphier, Febergh ae the Gegenneim ren Venting nthe invention Jac WotR Hengersinge ald, 7 focine “aequatiy. makes” ite avn a « tam magnet whteh | From. that point | fan ie enera fun power. the | magnet will not. wear “out under Fone hour nearer 3000. A mal contrary ca reparte already. ciraulated, the model ta not tte Sloe ota near cleaner motor. It ["yQemyceight Inches Tonge” Th Weigh 130" pounds. tt han Gevet~ rer at R00 revo vention, DETROIT, Feb, 24.—(A..F The Detroit Free Press ‘sey tomorrow that Col. Charl A. Lind. bergh Whole Practice OF Aeronautg To Be Revoluionized By! Turn Up 1,800 R. P. Me Is Forecatga . Without Réchat Feom The Archives Of Lester J. 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Hendarshot Page 8 {a toqe wean Senger rom 3 Sanwwon fia rea Jepptens egy aye ‘put ‘pazedio se hued Sing Vy uSusomoee Sepand-aounsed php ‘aos Lojsgs © sea 3 “yeqraey Te ty aura ogy, Sone ped ‘cor psyt “Torpeg yom sour 9) jo 21g somod jo ines poraoso Sommaeacn Kae ps fea fou uy ponouacs Boome ‘siedo sowar ag ‘aes Gn ayo dow a 30s? poe dap 200 20m ‘pra oF spe pry ep 50a ss pig arn Koy, sou sy Sampo EMOTE ey eaedes on ne wag any 0H a a ery SIP pee aap poy Lo ‘geez yo rvonmsnd yo 3 eoompen ve Apye so a1 2p orp uo pany abe oy Aq a4 ‘noueur 492 renrooump re 3 ous "a wonduree gn ed progr Yoox say “jou oce pen sae “hor © uns en woes Seo—spogler poloy—oreus yp oy spear a8 en aneng ‘st 0} Buen 3 Grea 24 30g go Hy 248009 stones Laeaps0 Jo “pada 2 pal oop {son pon p> ‘Ooge, Jo 2 ‘sea sijou 2430200 uf peso ey PaEUESD ey 24) sunaive cms sor From The Archives Of Laster J. Hendershot Page 9 From The Archives Of Lester J. Hendershot Page 10 Lester J. Hendershot and Lester, Je. World War IT Page 11 From The Archives Of Laster J. Hendershot Page 12 sot 0204 30ySz9puaH 30 AOTA popeTerd Page 13 u 2: Fron The Archives Of Laster J. Hlendershot Page 14 Cirea 1930 From The Archives Of Lester J. Hendershot Page 15, Fron The Archives Of Lester J. Hendershot Page 17 From The Archives Of Lester J, Hendershot San Diego, California Page 18 From The Archives Of Lester J. Hendershot Page 19 i: CHARLES LINDBERGH'S GrTORNEY AT THE TIME. Attorney st LaveFatent causes Henry Orth Jr. Yelo, baine 5003 902, F Street NV. Washington, D. ¢. Feb, 4, 1928 Dear Sirs T should Like to know the following: 1. van the aerial plate be vertical & can it be tumed in any direction? 21 can the aerial plate de vertical & pivoted so that the plate & exten- gion ca swing to & from the core 3? ‘Gan coll 6 be srrenged at right angles to the position show Need core 7 pass thru coil 6? are colle 13 & 14 provided with vores? SoS 15 & ly offer considerable resistance, Cannot a high resiatence usec in place of these two coils & the resistance 177 Gen the plate 28 renein stationary? Yige, the eof] 4 be connected 8s shown or could it be connected 207 Ss. Mus: a hls 13 & 14 be 90 placed that one shall be on one side & the otuer on the other side of the longitufiual vertical centrel plane Ghrougi: che epparatus? 10, day fine Wire coll 19 have a core connected to the transformer tron? Apparensly 1f this were done you would have gouble the no, of turns cus by tae lux, &£ 1f so, what ts the effect? ii, “Gin the’ eransfonter iron be onmitted? 12! Muse coi} 4 extend only partly across coil 8? U5! dun coil 4 be shifted at an angle or at right angles to coils 6 or UA! un the aggregate of coils 22-19 be placed parallel to coil 8? Yb, Gan the direction of winding of one of the fine wire cotla be reversed These uve important questions that come to mind & will be of great impor in detesaining the etrength of the patent, and if you can possibly do sic, Answer wiese fom your new experiments and no, your answers to correspond fe no. of the questions, I enclose preliminary draft of the desertptior. & Gleind & wish you would {411 in the data ws to the no, of turns & sizes of Ware fos different colle, Return the description with such additions & gorrections es you are able to make, You will note that the drefteman Las Ouitted the copper wire from the collector 1 extending slong extension 2. P'seo no reason why thie can not be done & he has probably done this uncer Jour initruetions. If thie cannot be done, T will have drawing cormectoc. ‘lain 1, whien Le the broadest claim, mst be stripped of all unnecescar parts, sf will ask you to give this point careful consideration. If ct Rhe sims you receive thia letter you huve hud tine to make additional cest Gr expestients, please come down here for a short conference, Fron The Archives OF Lester J. Hendershot Page 20 My tivention relates te the production of electric current, & aus Yor tus object vo generate current for power & lighting purposes.,'& any other Usew tha: 1¢. 49 desired to make of 12. Referring to the aravinge, 1n which like parte are similarly eestea: Fig. 1 18 the diugramaati¢ view of one construction. Fig: 2 is similar view of another construction. Rafeuring to Fig. 1: I use a sasli collector 1, preferably a suall alite Pl te hopizoneally disposed ung having a downwardly extending fle: Strip 2c? magnetic wuterial terminating oppoatte u core 3 of a first coll = fo be at'ached thereby. The strip 2 hae soldered to 1t one end of a copper Wire 5, \aioh may or may not oxtend to the collector proper 8, whose other ena 13 sclsered to the HLddle of the inner winding or layer of < second coil 6. "his coil 1s composed of turns of no. | insulated copper wire, & {3 proviced with a permunently magnetic core 7, and is preferably parsiié1 to the f1rav coil. The core 7 and ita windings'6 lie in the center of & Roneyeom: coll $ that has two windings, each composed of | tums of no. wire, th Windings being eross wound, the ends of the winding 6 are eccit comigeter by connecting wires 9 & 10 respectively, to un end of one of she Crossed \indings of the houey-comb coll 8 and the other ends of the windiny. pe taen connected to the power lines or terminals 11 @ 12 reapecsively. The ende of the first coll 4 are respectively connected to two colle 13 & 4 wound Ln opposite directions, each consisting of . turns of ne. | wire @ provided with aft tron cores’ 15 @ 16 respectively, The cotle 4, 1: 4 14 faze conn: cved in series in a preferably pernanently closed cireutt vith « feutstance 17 included betveen the coils 13 @ 14, and in the structure chet E have Bide, this resistance 19 small of about | Meg. Oma. The coils >> ly ure eubatuntsally parajiel to the honoy-comb coil, one on each side of the long tudinal yertioul central plane of the apparatus. ‘The core 3 1a soleered to 8 set of small transformer plates 18 & forms an extensicn of these plutes. These plates have openings in their center for the recerticn of fino wire coll 19, composed of turns of no. wire. There 12 ro fore through coll 29, "the inner end of coil 19 18 connected to one line termine] 11 at 20, ata the outer end 1a connected by wire 21 to the thine Goll 22 of turng of uo, wire, whose core 23 has metallic connecticn Vit! the transformer platea 16, ‘The core 23 may be omitced. The end of the oute turn of oll 22 48 connected by wire 24 to the inner turn of a secord flue wire coil 25 like cof] 19 but wound in the opposite direction, and the oute: Sha of tits coll te connected at 26 to the other power line terainal 12. The fine wire coil 25 1s placed 1n the Interior of laminated twansferse> plates 27, identical with the plstes 18 and the coil has proferaply ne aet~ Elite cons, and the transformer plates 27 are separate from those 15. The @irection of the winding of the coils is indicated by arrows. A lump of small moter connected across the ends of the power lines cr teru~ {nuls 11 @ 12 will operate continuously when the longitudinal exis of tae device 13 directed north and south, und Will cease to produce power whea Qovisted from the north & south direction. Nhat is to say, the motor v1l2 ‘top oF the lamp Will cease to glow, To overcone this objection for some Purposes, and in order to permit the structure to operate in any direction {h tinteh sta axis 4s placed, I have modified the structure of coil & ind the parts wituin 1t; all other parts remaining sane, The extension °2 of pi te Lie connectea by wire 5 to @ amall pivoted soft iron plate 28 within & Short cot 29 of turnd of no, wire, between brass end plates 30, ead {s hela in a soft tron yoke 31 by @ sorew 32 that passes through one pols end of € ring wagnet 33, The sorev 32 werves to hold the yoke 31 to the Bagnet pole end snd at the same time holds the coll 29 in the yoke 31. the Plate 26 4s pivoted im one of the brags end plates 30. the coil Ss 13/0 Eingle wire erose wound coil having, turns of tio, | Wire. One end of tate Coli is connected by Wire 9 to one end of the coti 2, and the other ond te {ho line wire 1i, Surrounding this coll a ta a second coil Sb of the suse From The Archives Of Lester J. Hendershot Page 21 ize aire e.g the same Wo, of tims, the other end of coll 29 1a conneetne ly wire 10 +0 one end of the second and outer honey-comd coil db whose ocher a ia conrseted to the other power line terminal 12, Tt will be moved shut A bota eonstructions shown the coil # extends across one side of the coil } jp tha two 20112, Sa 4 Ob and also goross the coli 6 or 29. That coiled 23 ‘tewithia the cotle 8 or the 8a 2 80 , and the axis of colle 4 # 29 uy well is coils 4 26 gust be substantially pérallel. Also the axis of cotis 13 & I ine substantially parallel to the honey-coab coizs 8, Sa and 30, I eluin~ i, in an sletrical apparavus, & collector, a coil having a torey-one ond of iach 18 in eteracting relation to @ portion of said collector, 4 honey-cema foil having two windings connected to power terminals, a second coil th the loney-comb 2012 eceh end of which 18 connectod to one of the windings of the joney-comb seans to pend electricity fron the collector to ssid second cot], agai of oppesttely wound coils parallel to the honey-comb coll & con: leted in series with the first coil, a fine wire coll, transformer iron, tounding the fine wire coll, a third coil, a second fine wire coil, trans Soruer tron surrounding the'same, said third coil & fine wire coils connzcted in series across the line. S32 Than electrical apparatus, a collector having an extension, a coil having Vcore one ond of whieh 1s in'attracting relation to said extension, # honey- yomb cot having to windings perpendicular to the coil @ its one end coa- jested to Tover terminals, @ second coil within the honey-comb coil, eer snd ef which 13 connected to the opposite end of one of the honey-comb wind~ ings, @ permonent magnet 13 or in Inductive relation to sald second coil, ieand to send current from the collector to the second coti, a pair of Spposttely wound coils, said first cot] connected in series between said Del of oprosttely wound coils, a fine wire cofl, trensformer tron sursoundin: Jala eotl iaving @ continuation that forme the core of the first coll, a tntr: oli betwen which una the first coll sulé transformer iron, and Tine wire Soil ts arranged a gecond fine wire coil wound in an opposite direction to ihe first fine wire coll, transformer ivon surrounding the second fine wire Sei, acid fine wire colis being connected in series through the third coi) Pactoss the power terminals, ang the fine wire coile arranged in reetansular felation te the first & third collg. 5. Tn an eioctrteul apparatus, a cdilector, ucotl having « core one end of thich 1s in attracting relation to a portion of sia collector, u honey-cord Soil havini: to windings connected to power terminals, @ second coll in the joney-comb coll each end of which 18 connected to one of the windingd of the Joney-comb coil, means to send electricity from the collector to the second oil, a pair of oppositely wound coila paraliel to the honey-comd coll & Jonugetee in series with the firet coil, a reaistance between suid oppositely found colle, & fine Wire coll, transforter tron surrounding the fine wire TM, a third coil, & second fine wire coil, transformer iron surrounding the game, caid thitd coll @-fine wire coils connected in series across the Tine, foe sy pigs : 4, Th an e2ectricul apparatus, a collector, @ coll having a core one end of ghioh is an attracting Pelation to @ portion of said collector, a honey-corb Joil havin: iwe windings each,connected at one end to power terminals, Becond col: in the honey-eomstraverse thereto and parallel to the fihst_ dellé connected to the other ends of the honey-comb windings, @ permanent degnet in inductive relation to said second coil means to send current froc the collector to ead second coil, a pair of oppositely woung coils paralic? fo the hency-comb epi2, 2 resistance between the oppositely vound coils, scié Soiie ang veaievance ineluded in sertea in a closed cireult between the ence bf the sired coil, u fine wire coil, lamineted transformer iron surrouncine jrad fine vire coll but not passing there throughk and heving an extension that, forms the core of the first cotl,-a third coll between watch andthe [arse eo said transforser iron and fine wire coil $2 arranged, the firsy Pinird co-ds-celng wound in the same direction, a second fine wire coll Jound in ooposive direction to the first fine wire coil, laninated transforne {pon eurreundin, the gecond fine wire coi] but not passing there through ste third eo!i couneoted between the two Tine wire coils in series across the From The Archives, OF power terstnals By in.cn seccrical apparatus , & collector, a coll having u core one und of uhtea (2 in attracting Pelution to portion of said collector, a hone y- fom coil having two windings wach connected to 4 power terainal,’s rine tagaet in tho Boney-coub ofl, a second coil in the magnet and conneutod En series between the windings of the Roney-comb cotl, = pivoued osetiietine flemger wishin the second coil, means to conductively connect said collvetar ind memoe>, & pair of oppositely wound colis adjacent the honeycomb coll (Poonneots in series with suid firat coil, a fine wire cotl, transforuer fra surrsunding the fine wire coil, a thifé coil, a second fine wire voll, Srauefoeuiy tron ourrounding the last coll, said third coil 4 fine wire coils conaeoted in series across the power terminals. 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In an electrical apparatus , a collector, @ coll having @ core in wct~ Baeting ralation to said collector, @ honey-comb coil hating two windings soa connected to a power terminal,, a ring magnet in the honey-comb coll, u deoond coll in the magnet whose exis 1s at right angles to the axis of ‘he honey-comb coll, a pivoted oscillating member within the second coil, heana to conduetively connect the collector and meaber, a pair cf oppouitels wound sotls adjacent the honey-comd coils parallel thereto 4 connccved 12 Series with the first coll, a fine wire coll, transformer tron surroundin: the fine wire coil, a third coll, a second fine wire coil, transformer ion surrounding the lest coil, saié third coil connected in series Detwean the fine Wize cola acress the power terminals, 7. tn an electrical apparatus, & collector substantially horizontally ais~ poeed ane having @ substantially yertioal extension, a coll having a core in attracting relation to said extension, a honey-comb coil having tvo cross wound wit.jings each of whieh 18 connected at one end to power terminals, aoring megnet within the honey-conb coil, a yoke shaped extension connected te one of the ends of ould magnet, a second coll held in said extension parallel vo the first coil, a soft tron member pivoted in the second coil, fieana to slectrtoally connect said extension and member while perai tring Independeat movements thereof, @ fine wire coil, laminated transformer {pon surrounding the fine wire coil and having an extension that fora the core of the first coll, the third coil arranged at right angles to the first Dei, a second fine wive coil wound in a direction opposite to the winding of the firet fine wire coll & papallel thereto, laminated transforner

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