Viktor Schauberger
Viktor Schauberger | |
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| Born | 30 June 1885 |
| Died | 25 September 1958 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
Viktor Schauberger (30 June 1885 – 25 September 1958) was an Austrian forest caretaker, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and biomimicry experimenter.
Schauberger developed his own ideas based on what he observed in nature. In Implosion magazine, a magazine released by Schauberger's family, he said that aeronautical and marine engineers had incorrectly designed the propeller. He stated:
As best demonstrated by Nature in the case of the aerofoil maple-seed, today’s propeller is a pressure-screw and therefore a braking screw, whose purpose is to allow the heavy maple-seed to fall parachute-like slowly towards the ground and to be carried away sideways by the wind in the process. No bird has such a whirling thing on its head, nor a fish on its tail. Only man made use of this natural brake-screw for forward propulsion. As the propeller rotates, so does the resistance rise by the square of the rotational velocity. This is also a sign that this supposed propulsive device is unnaturally constructed and therefore out of place.[1]
Early life
Schauberger was born in Holzschlag, Upper Austria on 30 June 1885.
Films
In 1930, "Tragendes Wasser" was filmed, showing the functioning of the log flumes.
Nature Was My Teacher, narrated by Tom Brown (1993, Borderland Science Research Foundation) ISBN 0-945685-94-7
Sacred Living Geometry: The Enlightened Environmental Theories of Viktor Schauberger, narrated by Callum Coats (1995, Talkstudio)
Extraordinary Nature of Water, narrated by Callum Coats (2000, Filmstream)
Viktor Schauberger: Comprehend and Copy Nature, directed by Franz Fitzke (2007, Schauberger Verlag) ISBN 978-3-902262-01-1
Books
Schauberger, Viktor: Unsere sinnlose Arbeit - Die Quelle der Weltkrise, Der Aufbau durch Atomverwandlung, nicht Atomzertrümmerung (1933, Krystall-Verlag GmbH, 2001, Jörg Schauberger, ISBN 978-3902262004) (Released in English as "Our Senseless Toil - The Cause of the World Crisis - Progress Through Transformation of the Atom - Not its destruction!")
Schauberger, Viktor & Coats, Callum: Eco-Technology 1: The Water Wizard - The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water (1998, Gateway Books, ISBN 9781858600482)
Schauberger, Viktor & Coats, Callum: Eco-Technology 2: Nature as Teacher - New Principles in the Working of Nature (1999, Gateway Books, ISBN 9781858600567)
Schauberger, Viktor & Coats, Callum: Eco-Technology 3: The Fertile Earth - Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry (1999, Gateway Books, ISBN 9781858600604)
Schauberger, Viktor & Coats, Callum: Eco-Technology 4: Energy Evolution - Harnessing Free Energy from Nature (2000, Gateway Books, ISBN 9781858600611)
Viktor Schauberger (2006). Das Wesen des Wassers : Originaltexte, herausgegeben und kommentiert von Jörg Schauberger (in German). Baden, München: AT Verl. ISBN 9783038002727. OCLC 315001786. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019 – via index. {{cite book}}: External link in |via=
Notes
- ^ Viktor Schauberger, Implosion Magazine, No. 112, p. 52
- ^ Referenced by Hans Peter Hahn; Karlheinz Cless (2012). People at the Well: Kinds, Usages and Meanings of Water in a Global Perspective. Campus Verlag. p. 22. ISBN 9783593396101. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019.
Further reading
Andersson, Olof: Living Water: Viktor Schauberger and the Secrets of Natural Energy (2002, Gateway Books, ISBN 9780717133901)
Bartholomew, Alick: Hidden Nature: The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger (2004, Floris Books, ISBN 978-0863154324)
Coats, Callum: Living Energies: An Exposition of Concepts Related to the Theories of Viktor Schauberger (1996, 2001, Gateway Books, ISBN 9780946551972, ISBN 9780717133079)
Cobbald, Jane: Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature (2006, Floris Books, ISBN 9780863155697)
External links
- The Schauberger Family Trust (PKS) maintains an archive with many of Viktor Schauberger's original manuscripts and a small museum with models and prototypes by Viktor Schauberger
- Institute of Ecological Technology has a research programme on Viktor Schauberger's ideas and inventions
- Our Senseless Toil - an excerpt of Schauberger's own writing
- "Die Natur Kapieren und Kopieren" ( Comprehend and Copy Nature, dubbed in English ) Viktor Schauberger documentary film (2008) on Science | Documentaries by wocomoDOCS YouTube channel
- Viktor Schauberger – Die Natur kapieren und kopieren (German language DVD), Gestaltung: Franz Fitzke, 75 min., Schauberger Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-902262-01-1.
- "Nature Was My Teacher" The Vision Of Viktor Schauberger a documentary by Tom Brown (1991) ISBN 0-945685-94-7; on sound recordist David Brown's YouTube channel
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