Viktor Schauberger

Viktor Schauberger (30 June1885 – 25 September1958) was an Austrian forester/forest warden, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and Biomimicry experimenter.

The inventor of what he called "implosion technology", Schauberger developed his own theories based on fluidic vortices and movement in nature. He built actuators for airplanes, ships, silent turbines , self-cleaning pipes and equipment for cleaning and so-called "refinement" of water to create spring water, which he used as a remedy.

Biography

Early years

Viktor Schauberger was born in Holzschlag, Austria, to a long line of Austrian foresters that could be traced back to early germanic tribes with views on and concepts of nature entirely different than the ones known to us nowadays. Creek and river flow fascinated him during his youth. He went on to develop a basic theory that contains a twofold movement principle for such phenomena.

His first idea was brought on by trout. The fact that they could use so little force to go against the current inspired him to study the force that allowed such effortless motion. His study of trout concluded in the theory of natural vortices.

Schauberger's second major theory was in the structure of water. He believed that water is at its densest when cold (at +4C water anomaly point) (and at the time of a full moon), and that there are many layers in the structure of flowing water. He claimed that nature creates vortices to create equilibriums. He further claimed that our current form of energy production/consumption scatters matter into disequilibrium. His studies were not approved by science at the time, even when his ideas were put into practice.

In 1922 for Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Schauberger designed and had built several log flumes (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holzschwemmanlage Holzschwemmanlage) which reduced the timber transport costs to one tenth the previous cost In 1924, Viktor Schauberger became a Public Council consultant for the log flumes for the Austrian state . He started construction of three large plants in Austria. In 1926, he undertook research at a timber flotation installation in Neuberg an der Mürz in Styria. In 1929 Schauberger submitted his first applications for patents in the fields of water engineering and turbine construction. He conducted research on how to artificially generate centripetal movement in various types of machines. He proposed a means of utilising hydroelectric power by a jet turbine. The log flumes used for timber flotation allegedly disregarded the Archimedes' principle, i.e., Schauberger was allegedly able to transport heavier-than-water objects by creating a centripetal movement (making the timber spin around its own axis, by special guiding-vanes which caused the water to spiral). Professor Philipp Forchheimer was sent to study the log flumes. Professor Forchheimer in 1930-1931 later published with Schauberger a series of articles in "Die Wasserwirtschaft", the Austrian Journal of Hydrology.

World War II

In 1934 Viktor was meeting with Hitler, and had discussions about fundamental principles of agriculture, forestry and water engineering. However, Schauberger refused to work for the German Reich.

In 1941, an intrigue caused by the Viennese Association of Engineers resulted in Schauberger's enforced confinement in a mental hospital in Mauer-Öhling, under continuous observation by the SS. In Augsburg, Schauberger worked with Messerschmitt on engine cooling systems and was in correspondence with designer Heinkel about aircraft engines.

In 1944, Schauberger continued to develop his Repulsine machine at the Technical College of Engineering at Rosenhügel in Vienna. By May 1945 a prototype had been constructed.

In 1945 Schauberger started to work on his "Klimator".

At the end of the war Schauberger was apprehended by US intelligence agents, and kept in custody for 9 months. They confiscated all his documents and prototypes, and interrogated him to determine his activities during the war.

After the war Schauberger continued his work, leading to water-based power generation through vortex action in a closed cycle, the "Spiral Plough", an "Apparatus for soil cultivation made of copper" and tests with "spiral pipes".

Later years

In 1958 Schauberger was approached by Karl Gerchsheimer and Robert Donner, with an invitation to come to the US to further develop his inventions.

Schauberger spent several months in the US writing articles and drawing sketches, then returned to Austria. He died in Linz, Austria, on September 25 1958, 5 days after having returned to Linz.

In recent times, his theories have become part of an internet conspiracy theory in which people say they created 'free energy devices' with Schauberger technology that the US government are "covering up". However, these devices have failed to work under scientific scrutiny and most violate the simple, fundamental physical law of Conservation of energy.

Implosion Magazine

Implosion is a quarterly magazine founded in 1958 by Aloys Kokaly, generally aimed at the lay reader, which is still published quarterly or semi-annually by Klaus Rauber. It has been, without doubt, the richest dick sucking repository of Viktor Schauberger's writing (in German), and has been the source of substantial portions of the Eco-Technology series.

Films

In 1930, "Tragendes Wasser" was filmed, showing the functioning of the log flumes. Three documentaries in English dealing with the life and works of Viktor Schauberger are in existence:

• "Nature Was My Teacher" - Borderland Science Research Foundation - narrated by Tom Brown (1993)
• "Sacred Living Geometries" - narrated by Callum Coats (1995)
• "Extraordinary Nature of Water" - narrated by Callum Coats (2000)

See also

• Biomimicry
• Fluid dynamics
• Hydrodynamics
• Water hammer
• Cavitation
• Coandă effect
• Vortex : Vortical, Vorticity, Vortex shedding
• Centripetal : Centripetal Force, Centripetal Acceleration
• Implosion
• Forester
• Bionics
• Spiral: Golden spiral, Logarithmic spiral, Fibonacci sequence
• Vortex tube, Windhexe

Further reading

• Kronberger Hans & Lattacher Siegbert, "On the Track of Water's Secret - from Victor Schauberger to Johann Grander", Uranus 1995; ISBN 3-901626-03-4
• Jane Cobbald, Viktor Schauberger - a Life of Learning from Nature (2006) ISBN 0-86315-569-3
• Olof Alexandersson, Living Water — Viktor Schauberger and the Secrets of Natural Energy
• (1982) ISBN 0-85500-112-7
• (1990) ISBN 0-946551-57-X
• (2002) ISBN 0-7171-3390-7
• Alick Bartholomew, Hidden Nature — The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger (2003) ISBN 0-86315-432-8
• Brian Desborough, A Blueprint for A Better World (2002) ISBN 0-9742018-0-4
• Viktor Schauberger and Callum Coats, The Schauberger Companion (1994) ISBN 1-85860-011-1
• Eco-Technology (1994) ISBN 1-85860-011-1
• Living Energies (1995) ISBN 0-7171-3307-9 {UK edition has more ill.}
• Living Energies — Viktor Schauberger's brilliant work with Natural Energies Explained (2002) ISBN 0-7171-3307-9
• The Water Wizard: The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water, Eco-Technology no.1, (1997) ISBN 1-85860-048-0
• Nature As Teacher: New principles in the Working of Nature, Eco-Technology no.2, (1998) ISBN 1-85860-056-1
• The Fertile Earth: Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry, Eco-Technology no.3,(2000) ISBN 1-85860-060-X
• Energy Evolution: Harnessing Free Energy from Nature, Eco-Technology no.4, (2001) ISBN 1-85860-061-8
• various books on Viktor Schauberger,[1]
• Schauberger CD Rom

External links and references

• Viktor Schauberger(Russian\English)
• Pythagoras Kepler System, started by Walter Schauberger and currently run by Jörg Schauberger.
• Implosion Magazine, Verein für Implosionsforschung und Anwendung e.V.
• Ovesen, Morten, "Life and work". Malmö group.
• "Who was Viktor Schauberger?". Frank.Germano.com.
• "Viktor Schauberger". (30.6.1885 - 25.9.1958)
• "Viktor Schauberger, The Water-wizard from Austria.".
• "Viktor Schauberger". Fusion Anomaly.net.
• Naudin, J., "The Schauberger's Flying Saucer".
• "Qualitatives Torkado-Modell (Hypothesen und Studien zu freien 3D-Schwingungen)". (German)
• "Energy Technology".
• "Viktor Schauberger The Water-wizard from Austria
• Viktor Schauberger".
• Modern Energy Research Library".
• Centre for Implosion Research, UK