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Looking around the shop, I found a box of plastic bottles similar to a sport water bottle, except that they had a basic twist on cap and was made of a semi-transparent material. The bottles looked like they were brand new. Carefully opening up just one side of the zip lock seal, I poured equal amounts of the fluid into the containers until the bag was empty. When done, the bottles were two thirds full. I then ran up the stairs to get my laptop and on the chance he had gotten home while I was out, I gave a yell for Bill but only heard silence as a reply. Grabbing my laptop off the desk, I returned downstairs and opened it up at the same table I had been working. Connecting over my own secure wireless network, I spent the next hour and 15 minutes immersed in web searches involving electricity in living organisms and nature. The only thing close were a number of articles on bacteria, the Morey Eel and how lightning works. This only re-enforced my feelings that Bill had really found something special.
My thinking then turned to the concept of electricity and review ed what I knew, which admittedly was not much. The articles I read seemed to create more questions than answers. How could a liquid holding some kind of living microorganism generate enough of an electric current to jolt my arm in a comparable fashion to getting shocked by a sticking a finger into a 120v light socket. My basic understanding is that electricity needed to flow between two poles of different polarity being positive and negative. I visualized a car battery with the large poles and labeled + and -. I know that the metal frame of the car acted as the ground or negative and it all worked using direct current or DC 12 volts. In many cases, cars have accessories that will always put a low drain on the battery, when the car is not running and when the ignition key is turned, it puts a much larger load on the battery to start the car as well as use other electrical systems. The alternator of the car when running will take the kinetic energy from the engine spinning typically using a pulley/belt system to turn the alternator, which will create electricity. This electricity from the alternator will recharge the battery to ensure the battery reserve remains viable and that the car will start the next time.
I was scratching my head, because there did not appear to be any correlation between what I knew and what the liquid was exhibiting when Bill walked into the shop whistling. I turned to him and said, I guess Charlene has figured how to get the barnacles off your hull after being at sea for a few months. “Aye aye mate, she sure took care of that problem,” he said with a smug smile knowing that I had struck out again with. “What are you doing down here,” he asked. Well, I said, while rolling a stool to him, I said, “You better sit down for what I am going to tell you.”
“ You have my interest,” Bill said now sitting on the edge of the stool. With Bill expectantly listening, I spent 15 minutes re-stepping everything I had done since I got up this morning including the sink incident, my thought process about it in church and the research that I had accomplished. The entire time Bill said not a word, but his face did go through a range of emotions from amusement, surprise, incredulousness and finally a look of excitement mixed with determination. When I was done, he walked over to one of the jars, opened it up and just stuck a couple of fingers into the solution. With a hiss of breath, he whipped his hand away from the jar and immediately started to laugh as he shook his hand up and down. “That was freakin amazing,” he said. “Rico do you know what this means? This could put me right out there in the marine biology world as a ‘made’ man. I should be able to pick any job that I want and even get a university position.”
“ Bill, take your 6 foot 4 inch bod and sit it
Looking around the shop, I found a box of plastic bottles similar to a sport water bottle, except that they had a basic twist on cap and was made of a semi-transparent material. The bottles looked like they were brand new. Carefully opening up just one side of the zip lock seal, I poured equal amounts of the fluid into the containers until the bag was empty. When done, the bottles were two thirds full. I then ran up the stairs to get my laptop and on the chance he had gotten home while I was out, I gave a yell for Bill but only heard silence as a reply. Grabbing my laptop off the desk, I returned downstairs and opened it up at the same table I had been working. Connecting over my own secure wireless network, I spent the next hour and 15 minutes immersed in web searches involving electricity in living organisms and nature. The only thing close were a number of articles on bacteria, the Morey Eel and how lightning works. This only re-enforced my feelings that Bill had really found something special.
My thinking then turned to the concept of electricity and review ed what I knew, which admittedly was not much. The articles I read seemed to create more questions than answers. How could a liquid holding some kind of living microorganism generate enough of an electric current to jolt my arm in a comparable fashion to getting shocked by a sticking a finger into a 120v light socket. My basic understanding is that electricity needed to flow between two poles of different polarity being positive and negative. I visualized a car battery with the large poles and labeled + and -. I know that the metal frame of the car acted as the ground or negative and it all worked using direct current or DC 12 volts. In many cases, cars have accessories that will always put a low drain on the battery, when the car is not running and when the ignition key is turned, it puts a much larger load on the battery to start the car as well as use other electrical systems. The alternator of the car when running will take the kinetic energy from the engine spinning typically using a pulley/belt system to turn the alternator, which will create electricity. This electricity from the alternator will recharge the battery to ensure the battery reserve remains viable and that the car will start the next time.
I was scratching my head, because there did not appear to be any correlation between what I knew and what the liquid was exhibiting when Bill walked into the shop whistling. I turned to him and said, I guess Charlene has figured how to get the barnacles off your hull after being at sea for a few months. “Aye aye mate, she sure took care of that problem,” he said with a smug smile knowing that I had struck out again with. “What are you doing down here,” he asked. Well, I said, while rolling a stool to him, I said, “You better sit down for what I am going to tell you.”
“ You have my interest,” Bill said now sitting on the edge of the stool. With Bill expectantly listening, I spent 15 minutes re-stepping everything I had done since I got up this morning including the sink incident, my thought process about it in church and the research that I had accomplished. The entire time Bill said not a word, but his face did go through a range of emotions from amusement, surprise, incredulousness and finally a look of excitement mixed with determination. When I was done, he walked over to one of the jars, opened it up and just stuck a couple of fingers into the solution. With a hiss of breath, he whipped his hand away from the jar and immediately started to laugh as he shook his hand up and down. “That was freakin amazing,” he said. “Rico do you know what this means? This could put me right out there in the marine biology world as a ‘made’ man. I should be able to pick any job that I want and even get a university position.”
“ Bill, take your 6 foot 4 inch bod and sit it
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