Abstract: A method and apparatus for defining the molecular chemical make up of a liquid sample, based on electrostatic charges of emission. Three spaced electrodes are brought into contact with the surface of a liquid to be tested. Two electrodes are wired in series through a usual cone speaker to the terminals of an audio amplifier. A third electrode is wired in series through a variable oscillator to the amplifier auxiliary input terminal. This overall regenerative feedback circuit will result in unique patterns of coded pulses at the amplifier speaker output corresponding to the composition of the liquid, which can be observed on an oscilloscope or recorded and compared with known compositions. This apparatus can be useful in defining molecular diseases when the electrodes are touched to the wetted skin of an animal, plant tissue or blood sample. The apparatus can also be adapted to a neological method of electronic gene mapping.

Abstract: An apparatus in which a current of air is directed across a surface of a substance of unknown identity to have molecules of the latter entrained therewith. The molecules are attracted electrostatically to the surface of a piezoelectric element to cause microscopic vibrations of the element. The microscopic vibrations result in the piezoelectric element emitting a minute voltage at a like frequency that is subsequently amplified. The amplified voltage is used to produce pulsed sound waves that are directed onto a resilient diaphram to vibrate the latter, and the mechanical energy of the diaphram being transferred to the piezoelectric element to amplify the voltage emitted. The amplified voltage is of sufficient magnitude to actuate an oscilloscope or recording computer to provide a distinctive pattern that is used to identify the unknown substance.