L'Anisotropie de l'Espace
In this book, Maurice Allais presents his work on claimed anomalous effects, in the following order:
- I. His experiments on the paraconical pendulum on anisotropic suspension (1954-1960)
- II. His experiments on the paraconical pendulum on isotropic suspension (1959-1960)
- III. His experiments on deviations of optical sightings (1958-1958)
- IV. Analysis of E.Esclangon's and D.Miller's optical experiments
- V. Periodical structure of those observations
- VI. Space anisotropy hypothesis
- VII. Revision of contemporary postulates
- VIII. Suggested further simultaneous experiments
- IX. Struggle against dogma's
- X. New perspectives
IV. Analysis of E.Esclangon's and D.Miller's optical experiments
Various periodic effects: Ernest Esclangon explains some periodic effects by an absolute motion of the earth (and the solar system) towards a fixed direction: Compte-Rendus Académie des Sciences, 1926, T182, p.921-923.
- Deviations of the oscillation plane of a horizontal pendulum in Potsdam-Babelsberg from a vertical plane (observation from 1904 through 1909). Horizontal pendulae are used to detect earthquakes.
- Differences between incident angle and reflection angle for light from circumpolar stars, inspired by work of Leopold Courvoisier.
- Unexplained periodic variations of star occultations by the moon.
Tidal periodicities: Ernest Esclangon investigated tidal periodicities at Pola on the Adriatic Sea: Compte-Rendus Académie des Sciences, 1926, T183, p.116-118. He concluded after analysis of the tide amplitudes and constant phase times over a period of 19 years that tidal motion is affected by three influences of sidereal periodicity (23h56mn):
- lunar
- solar
- unknown
Dissymmetry in optical autocollimation experiments: Ernest Esclangon performed continuous autocollimation experiments in the northwest and northeast direction and noticed a sidereal periodicity in the measured values. The experiment with results is described in the following references:
Errata
First edition, 1997
p79: ...leur curiosité vivement surexcitée
p115: A titre d'illustration le Graphique XI représente le fréquencigramme...
p123: Equation (10): the brackets must not include alpha/2p
p135: Value of C_s is incorrect. The correct value is given earlier in the text.
p144: ...en interpolant les données de 10 mn en 10 mn.
p328: Les déplacements delta se caractérisent...
p352 & p353: Le cycle a été calculé par la méthode de Buys-Ballot...
p363: Les dates sont comptées en jours...
p404: Footnote should be numbered (5). Idem for next footnotes who should be incremented by 1.
p407-408: Should be Graphs XI and XII, and not X and XI.
p412: Note (2): page number 362 should be 382. Date of reference Conference on the Michelson-Morley Experiment is 1928, and not 1926.
p434: s0 should be 91.3 (cf. p.435)
p446: Table I of Chapter I is on page 92 and not 22.
p447: Note (3): The section of Graph XII should be C.3 and not C.2.
p503: in footnote (14): équation de Lorenz. The reference to the footnote in the Introduction must be to note 4 (and not 14).
p683: (page header) Soutiens et Oppositions
p704: 1925 reference for Ernest Esclangon is in fact 1935 reference.
p714: Reference Paulette FEVRIER, 1956 double cited.