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Eric fd play bingo Roberts Laithwaite was an England engineer, principally known for his development of the linear motor induction motor.Raised in Fylde, Lancashire, he joined the Royal Air Force in 1941 and, through his service in World War II, rose to the rank of Comparative military ranks Officer, becoming a test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment.On demobilisation in 1946 he attended the University of Manchester to study electrical engineering. His work

on the Manchester Mark I computer earned him his masters degree. His subsequent doctoral work started his interest fd play bingo in linear motor induction motors. He became professor of heavy electrical engineering at Imperial College, London in 1964 where he continued his successful development of the linear motor.In the 1980s, he was involved in creating a device to extract energy from sea waves ; although the technology was successful in trials, it could not be made storm proof, hence it never became a commercial success. Laithwaite fd play bingo was

an able communicator who made many television appearances. Memorable among these were his Royal Institution Christmas Lectures to young people in 1966 and 1973. The latter of these made much of the surprising phenomena of gyroscopes.In 1974, Laithwaite presented a private demonstration to the Royal Institution, in which he claimed gyroscopes had no or little angular momentum. He later repeated this practical presentation to students at Imperial. Laithewaite suggested that Newtons laws of motion

are restricted to mass in straight lines and that these properties could be used as a means of propulsion. He theorised that Newtons law required an imaginary number element in the equation in order to balance the forces acting on a swinging gyroscope. Rather than disproving his fd fd play bingo play bingo theories, the scientific establishment ridiculed and turned its back on him. His feelings on this can be seen in the 1974-1975 Royal Institution Institutions Christmas lecture which he presented.Despite the scientific establishment turning its back

on him, Laithwaite continued to explore gyroscopic behaviour. Laithwaite set up Gyron Ltd with William Dawson and in 1993 applied for a patent entitled "propulsion system". See US5860317, fd play bingo GB2289757 and WO9530832 for the US, UK and World patents respectively. He died while working on a project for NASA using linear motor induction motors to propel a rocket, essentially replacing the first stage of a conventional rocket booster system. HonoursNikola Tesla Medal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersHonorary Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers Bibliography Laithwaite defies Newton", New Scientist, November 14, 1974, p4701921 births Eric1997 deaths Eric