Re: My Public Apology to Mr. Ed Wingate and the List

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Original poster: Edward Wingate <ewing7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: <dhmccauley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In June of 2005, there was a brief discussion into the operation of 
> the Marinov, or ball-bearing motor which was titled, Single Shaft 
> Motor Ed Wingate?For those who do not remember this thread, it began 
> with me asking what was the official name for these motors. As I 
> knew Mr. Wingate had built one (motor), I added his name to the 
> thread title, so as to get his attention when he browsed through his 
> daily TCML posts. My original question to the name of these 
> single-shaft motors was promptly answered, and the thread entered 
> into a brief discussion into whether the ball-bearing motor operated 
> via either thermal or electromagnetic action. Ed Wingates stance on 
> this question was that the Marinov motor operated via 
> electromagnetic action. However, since I read several papers on the 
> Marinov motor which stated it worked via thermal effects, including 
> one published by Dr. Stefan Marinov himself, I responded with the 
> following statement which contradicted Mr. Wingates thoughts on the issue:
>
> . . . Although I highly respect Ed Wingates personal thoughts, 
> especially as Ed is one of the most experienced high voltage / 
> electrical experimenters I know, I cannot dismiss the results of all 
> these technical papers and studies as being incorrect.(Thread Date: 
> 07 June 2005)
>
> Now although I personally do not see anything in this statement or 
> in the entire thread that would be interpreted as offensive, Mr. 
> Wingate has expressed great concern over this particular statement 
> in recent emails, and has informed me that he views this statement 
> as taking a shotat him personally.
>
> A few weeks ago, Mr. Wingate had asked me to bring up those papers 
> on the thermal theory to the Teslathon this year. I replied to Mr. 
> Wingate in an email stating that I had since found several IEEE 
> papers regarding the electromagnetic action of the ball-bearing 
> motor, and that I no longer agreed with the thermal action theory of 
> the device. Mr. Wingate then asked me why I hadnt responded to the 
> list regarding this matter as he felt it was important to do so. 
> Therefore, I would like to publicly declare that I was wrong with my 
> original assessment of the operation of the Marinov motor and that 
> Mr. Wingates statement regarding the action of the Marinov as being 
> electromagnetic was indeed correct, as was indicated in the three 
> IEEE papers which I had sent to Mr. Wingate via email, and had also 
> posted last week on this list.
>
> Finally, enlight of these recent discussions, I made a tough 
> decision to decline my invitation to the 2006 RATCB Teslathon for 
> this year. Although I look forward to this event more than any other 
> during the entire year, I would feel uncomfortable attending knowing 
> that Mr. Wingate felt i personally attacked him on the list. 
> However, regardless, I still hold a deep respect for Mr. Wingate and 
> would still hope that I would be invited to his teslathon in future 
> years. And although I had never intended my statement to be 
> offensive or as a personal attack against Mr. Wingate in any way, I 
> would like to publicly offer my apology to both Mr. Wingate, and the 
> list, for the statements I had made in the above mentioned thread. I 
> was clearly wrong in my original assessment into the operation of 
> the Marinov motor and it was unfair of me to disagree with the 
> statements Mr. Wingate had made regarding the operation of the Marinov motor.
>
> Respectifully yours,
>
> Daniel McCauley

Mr. McCauley, Dan

A bit over the top and a mile and a half too far, but respected and accepted.

Perhaps you could reconsider and attend the Teslathon so that we 
could shake hands, air our feelings and bury this matter permanently 
to our mutual satisfaction.

With respect,

Ed Wingate RATCB