Sun Operates Gas Machine (May, 1938)
I’m pretty sure that gas is called “steam”.
Sun Operates Gas Machine
Developed by Otto H. Mohr, of Concord, Calif., a specially constructed machine utilizes the sun’s rays to produce a gas which, when broken up by means of an electric current, yields hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen are then stored in separate tanks for cooking, heating, etc.
This makes no sense. If you have electric current, you can break water into H2 and O2. What’s the mystery gas?
Apparently, he also made a solar powered “death ray”:
http://davidszondy.com/…
@Toronto – I think his “mystery gas” was “hot air”. I wonder how many people he scammed…
Oh – also mentioned in that “death ray” link I gave above was this tidbit – he made a solar-powered refrigerator:
http://books.google.com… H. Mohr&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false
Now – this invention likely worked; it’s a form of an ammonia-asorption phase-change refrigeration system; he essentially took one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org…
…and made it solar powered. In fact, you can still buy solar refrigerators that operate on a similar principle (although I think butane or propane is used as the refrigerant).
Andrew L. Ayers ยป Yeah, Charlie posted about this guy before
To his credit I found two of his patents and the heater looks an awful lot like the device pictured. We are relying on the writer for the existence of the “mystery gas”.
Solar Heater
Solar Cooler
You all think you’re confused: I originally misread this as “Sun Operates Gay Machine”. I wondered, how can they tell?
Solar operated Hydrolyzer (sp?). It appears he was using solar power to separate H & O from water and store them as separate gasses.