2026-10-04 — Natural Philosophy Wiki (Chappell Natural Philosophy Society)

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Biography (secondary, wiki-compiled) [web]

• Frank J. Znidarsic, born 16 June 1953; residence Huntersville, NC; B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh 1975; A.S. business administration, St. Francis College; physics study at Indiana University in the 1990s; Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. Worked in steel, mining and utility industries, most recently commissioning power plants for Alstom Power in North Carolina. [web] Frank_J_Znidarsic page.
• Caution on identity: Google also returns obituaries of two other men named Frank Znidarsic (North Braddock PA, d. 2016 aged 88; Eastlake OH, 1934-2020). These are different people (birth years do not match 1953). [web] google results, laniganfuneralhome.com, news-herald.com.

Bibliography listed by the wiki [web]

Papers: "The Flow of Energy" (2011, with G. A. Robertson); "The Control of the Natural Forces" (2009); "Overview of the Control of the Natural Forces" (2009); "Elastic Limit of Space and the Quantum Condition" (2006); "A Reconciliation of Quantum Physics and Special Relativity" (2005); "The Constants of the Motion" (2000, Journal of New Energy); "Letter from Frank Znidarsic: Znidarsic Tells All" (1998, New Energy News 5(9) p.19). Books: "Elementary Anti-Gravity" (1989, Vantage Press); "Elementary Antigravity II" (2012). Media: "The Control of the Natural Forces" video lecture, NPA live session 3 April 2010. Events listed: SPESIF 2011 (15 March 2011); INE Symposium for New Energy (1 Aug 2000); First International Conference on Future Energy (29 April 1999); several 2010 NPA online sessions.

The wiki's own assessment (third-party characterization, NOT a verdict of this review) [web]

The wiki author argues that Vt = 1.094e6 m/s is alphac/2 (half the Bohr velocity, alphac = 2.188e6 m/s), so it is "not a new constant"; and that the two empirical anchors (LENR; Podkletnov) are not securely established, citing the Hathaway, Cleveland and Bao null result on Podkletnov-type gravity shielding. It also credits Znidarsic for being quantitative and for reporting weak and null results candidly. This independently matches the Step 1b deep-read finding that Vt = alpha c/2 exactly (claims.md item 3). Stake: the wiki is run by a dissident-science society; it is neither Znidarsic nor a mainstream body.

Letter page: empirical origin of Vt [web]

The wiki summarizes the 1997 letter (see 2026-10-04-web-archive-padrak-ine.md for the primary text) and notes that the letter's rule f(MHz) = 37 / L(inches) equals about 9.4e5 m/s, within ~15% of the later 1.094e6 m/s; the single reported anomaly (11 MHz x 3.5 in = 38.5 MHz-inch) lies on that line. The wiki raises the question whether the constant was "ever established by a range of measurements or fixed, in effect, by this one".

Bearing on claims

• Claim 1 (Vt observed in LENR/Podkletnov): gives the earliest dated empirical form of Vt (1997) and shows it began as a single marginal, unrepeated bench anomaly plus order-of-magnitude products.
• Claim 3: independent third-party statement of the Vt = alpha c/2 identity.
• Recheck: yes (Robertson page blocked; Elementary Anti-Gravity, Elementary Antigravity II, Constants of the Motion and 2010 talk pages not yet read).