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A modern Coler reconstruction, with coils and wiring arranged around a hexagon on a wooden boardModern reconstruction by Michel

Under examination / Dossier 25

A machine.
A mystery.
A paper trail.

Hans Coler’s magnet generator: the apparatus, the wartime investigation and the attempts to reconstruct it. Start with the story. Stay for the documents.

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01Time & gravity
Archival illustration for The Chronovisor

The Chronovisor

Pellegrino Ernetti

A machine for looking into the past?6 articles · 3 figures
02Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Chirality & spin

Chirality & spin

CISS metamaterials

Follow the boundary between spin physics and extraordinary interpretations.21 articles · 1 figure
03Time & gravity
Archival illustration for The time machine

The time machine

Mike Marcum

Trace the story through its diagrams and surviving accounts.4 articles · 3 figures
04Life & repair
Archival illustration for Ewingella americana

Ewingella americana

Eijiro Miyako & colleagues

What does the cancer research actually show?Reading guide · 3 figures
05Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The activator

The activator

Jacques Ravatin

One apparatus, many claims. Examine the source trail.17 articles · 9 figures
06Life & repair
Archival illustration for Tetrasilver tetroxide

Tetrasilver tetroxide

TSTO · Marvin Antelman

Read the antimicrobial claims alongside their patent record.31 articles · 5 figures
07Mind & perception
Archival illustration for The Pleiades embassy

The Pleiades embassy

Pleiades–Terra · Semjase

An archive of contact narratives, off-world visas and belief.3 articles · 14 figures
08Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The inter-atomic ion motor

The inter-atomic ion motor

Antonio d’Angelo

What survives in the patent and newspaper record?6 articles · 18 figures
09Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Biological transmutation

Biological transmutation

Vysotskii & Kornilova

Microorganisms, radionuclides and the question of measurement.12 articles · 1 figure
10Energy & machines
Archival illustration for Low-temperature carbonization

Low-temperature carbonization

Lewis Karrick

Unpack the process, pilot plants and historical economics.31 articles · 28 figures
11Time & gravity
Archival illustration for Flux capacitance

Flux capacitance

John Bajak

Schematics and notes from the time-travel archive.7 articles · 9 figures
12Time & gravity
Archival illustration for The hyper-dimensional resonator

The hyper-dimensional resonator

Steven Gibbs

Explore the device story and its proposed mechanism.7 articles · 8 figures
13Time & gravity
Archival illustration for The magnetic portal

The magnetic portal

Pellegrino Ferlini

A magnet arrangement at the center of a teleportation narrative.6 articles · 5 figures
14Time & gravity
Archival illustration for Time & mirrors

Time & mirrors

Nikolai Kozyrev · V. Kaznacheev

Follow the papers and later mirror interpretations separately.48 articles · 35 figures
15Time & gravity
Archival illustration for The paraconical pendulum

The paraconical pendulum

Maurice Allais

Anomalous observations, experiments and competing interpretations.6 articles · 2 figures
16Mind & perception
Archival illustration for Morphic resonance

Morphic resonance

Rupert Sheldrake

Read the hypothesis and the arguments surrounding it.19 articles · 1 figure
17Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The bismuth battery

The bismuth battery

Palmer Craig

A thin-film device, its patent and its later reputation.27 articles · 12 figures
18Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The absorber

The absorber

Roy J. Meyers

Trace the atmospheric electricity story back to its documents.3 articles · 23 figures
19Flight & motion
Archival illustration for Aero radio ballistique

Aero radio ballistique

Luigi Rota

Earth currents, apparatus drawings and levitation claims.11 articles · 33 figures
20Energy & machines
Archival illustration for Electrostatic activation

Electrostatic activation

Leon Sprink

Read what the apparatus and patents claim to change.6 articles · 15 figures
21Energy & machines
Archival illustration for Atmospheric power

Atmospheric power

Jules Guillot

Antennas, generators and the archived French patents.3 articles · 15 figures
22Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The steam generator

The steam generator

Karl Schaeffer

Separate the machine, test reports and efficiency interpretation.7 articles · 10 figures
23Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The fuelless motor

The fuelless motor

Lester Hendershot

Three source collections, one enduring generator story.8 articles · 10 figures
24Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The radiant energy receiver

The radiant energy receiver

T. Henry Moray

The receiver, demonstrations and the surviving technical account.7 articles · 11 figures
25Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The magnet generator

The magnet generator

Hans Coler

Read the intelligence report and its apparatus descriptions.31 articles · 10 figures
26Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The superclassical heat engine

The superclassical heat engine

Kenneth Rauen

A proposed cycle, a patent and the thermodynamic questions.5 articles · 1 figure
27Flight & motion
Archival illustration for The gravitomagnetic drive

The gravitomagnetic drive

David Hamel

Follow the propulsion claims through their source material.7 articles · 36 figures
28Flight & motion
Archival illustration for The wingless plane

The wingless plane

William Horton

Study the drawings, articles and lift claims.5 articles · 35 figures
29Flight & motion
Archival illustration for Rochen

Rochen

Heinrich Focke

A disc-shaped aircraft design in its documentary context.14 articles · 5 figures
30Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The Si₂HSb₂ amplifier

The Si₂HSb₂ amplifier

Robert Henson

A crystalline material and an extraordinary amplification claim.6 articles · 1 figure
31Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Boron arsenide

Boron arsenide

Thermal materials

What makes a material conduct heat unusually well?14 articles · 1 figure
32Matter & materials
Archival illustration for DNA–silica

DNA–silica

Oleg Gang & colleagues

Molecular architecture as a route to strong, lightweight structures.14 articles · 1 figure
33Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Liquid wood

Liquid wood

Nagele & Pfitzer · Arboform

From lignin to a moldable material: process and patents.7 articles · 1 figure
34Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Plasma-activated water

Plasma-activated water

PAW

A chemistry trail through water treatment and applications.5 articles · 2 figures
35Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Living mineral systems

Living mineral systems

Microbially induced calcite precipitation

When microorganisms become part of a construction process.6 articles · 1 figure
36Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Flash Joule heating

Flash Joule heating

Carbon & graphene

Trace the pulse-heating process from papers to applications.15 articles · 2 figures
37Matter & materials
Archival illustration for MoS₂ nanoflowers

MoS₂ nanoflowers

Molybdenum disulfide

Structure, catalysis and the materials behind the images.4 articles · 1 figure
38Life & repair
Archival illustration for Bone glue

Bone glue

Lin Xianfeng & colleagues

Follow the material design and the evidence for bone repair.10 articles · 1 figure
39Life & repair
Archival illustration for Piezoelectric toothpaste

Piezoelectric toothpaste

Min Xing & colleagues

Titanate materials, dental claims and their patent trail.13 articles · 1 figure
40Matter & materials
Archival illustration for Water-repelling metal

Water-repelling metal

Chunlei Guo & colleagues

Surface engineering, metallic tubes and the behavior of water.9 articles · 1 figure
41Life & repair
Archival illustration for Rebuilding enamel

Rebuilding enamel

Shuo Chen · Abshar Hasan

Biomimetic structures, repair experiments and dental patents.11 articles · 1 figure
42Time & gravity
Archival illustration for Time crystals

Time crystals

Frank Wilczek & colleagues

A physics concept with a name that invites much larger stories.13 articles · 6 figures
43Mind & perception
Archival illustration for The alchemy reading room

The alchemy reading room

Six works on metals, nature & form

Davidson, Kranich, Pelikan, Kollerstrom, Schwenk and Wachsmuth.4 articles · 3 figures
44Mind & perception
Archival illustration for Holophonics

Holophonics

Hugo Zuccarelli

The recording claims and the experience of spatial sound.10 articles · 1 figure
45Energy & machines
Archival illustration for The motor-generator

The motor-generator

John Bedini

Circuits, patents and a persistent experimental community.28 articles · 18 figures
46Energy & machines
Archival illustration for E-Cat

E-Cat

Andrea Rossi

Follow the reactor claims, tests and patent record.9 articles · 22 figures
47Energy & machines
Archival illustration for Direct energy conversion

Direct energy conversion

Sines

Trace the proposed conversion mechanism and its documentary gaps.Reading guide · 3 figures
48Energy & machines
Archival illustration for A collected alternative physics

A collected alternative physics

Harold Aspden

Read the papers, follow the concepts, separate argument from demonstration.18 articles · 1 figure
49Life & repair
Archival illustration for The thymus dossier

The thymus dossier

Therapies & patents

One organ, many proposed interventions. What is actually documented?6 articles · 1 figure
50Mind & perception
Archival illustration for Psychotronic generators

Psychotronic generators

Robert Pavlita

Steel devices, biological-energy claims, and the gap between a measurement and an explanation.3 articles · 4 figures