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A Hieronymus machine is any of the patented radionics devices invented by electrical engineer Thomas Galen Hieronymus (21 November 1895 – 21 February 1988). [1] Hieronymus received a U.S. Patent for his invention in 1949, which was described in the patent application title as a device for "detection of emanations from materials and measurement of the volumes thereof".
The "Hieronymus" in the book is a reference to St. Jerome; in the book's invented history, some of his followers drifted into occult sciences and built the Hieronymus Machine "many centuries ago in a monastery in Spain". [2] Later, though, it was stated to be built by another Hieronymus c. 1000 AD, centuries after the actual St. Jerome. [3]
Other notable quack devices in radionics have included the Ionaco and the Hieronymus machine. [11] [12] Some people claim to have the paranormal or parapsychological ability to detect "radiation" within the human body, which they call radiesthesia. According to the theory, all human bodies give off unique or characteristic "radiations" as do ...
Hieronymus, in English pronounced / h aɪ ˈ r ɒ n ɪ m ə s / or / h ə ˈ r ɒ n ɪ m ə s /, is the Latin form of the Ancient Greek name Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnymos), meaning "with a sacred name".
Hieronymus Bosch at Ibiblio "Hieronymus Bosch, Tempter and Moralist" Analysis by Larry Silver. Hieronymus Bosch – The complete works Archived 20 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine, 188 works by Bosch; Bosch Research and Conservation Project (BRCP) Hieronymus Bosch, General Resources, ColourLex; Bosch, the Fifth Centenary Exhibition: At the Prado
He wrote favorably about such things as the "Dean drive", a device that supposedly produced thrust in violation of Newton's third law, and the "Hieronymus machine", which could supposedly amplify psi powers. [56] [note 2] [note 3] In 1949, Campbell worked closely with L. Ron Hubbard on the techniques that Hubbard later turned into Dianetics.
These new surroundings hastened the development of an existing idea: an adding machine. His new job gave him the opportunity to build his prototype. Accuracy was the foundation of his work. He made his design drawings on metal plates to prevent distortion. Burroughs filed his first patent for the invention of a "calculating machine" in 1885. It ...
Janus Cornarius (ca. 1500 – 16 March 1558) was a Saxon humanist [1] and friend of Erasmus. [2] A gifted philologist, [3] Cornarius specialized in editing and translating Greek and Latin medical writers with "prodigious industry," [4] taking a particular interest in botanical pharmacology and the effects of environment on illness and the body.