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Two simple experiments are reported here which demonstrate jet-propulsion in the direction of current flow between liquid and solid conductors. The observed effects seem to conform with Ampere's force-law, but no qualitative nor quantitative explanation has so far been found in terms of lorentzian forces and associated magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) phenomena. This research forms part of a wider investigation of the Ampere–Neumann electrodynamics and its relationship to modern science and technology.
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Graneau, P. Electromagnetic jet-propulsion in the direction of current flow. Nature 295, 311–312 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/295311a0
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