Larry Spring Museum

Larry Spring

Lorenz 'Larry' Spring (1915-2009) was a freethinker who dedicated much of his life to an alternative analysis of electromagnetic energy. Larry Spring aspired to simplify the complex phenomena described by mathematical theory. “Let the Energy be your Teacher” was his common sense mantra.

Larry’s interest in the physical sciences began early. As a young boy he built crystal radios using oatmeal boxes, wire coils and galena crystals, so that he could receive radio programming from San Francisco. Available materials continued to be his preference throughout his adulthood.

In 1939, Larry attended The Golden Gate Exposition at the purpose-built Treasure Island where the “wonders of chemistry, physics and biology” were displayed. In the pavilion, Science and Service to Man Larry encountered exhibits that demonstrated the amazing possibilities of radio and television transmission. This experience became the foundation for Larry’s professional and personal endeavors.

During WWll Larry became a pilot with a specialty in radio wave transmission. He also became fascinated with wind resistance and would rig handmade experiments outside of his pilot-side window to in order to make his own observations:

I tested streamlining to determine air drag and among the rest,

At 180 miles an hour winds a teardrop shape was the best,

A parachute shape had the most resistance of course,

The ratio turned out to be 10 to 1 which was good for jet engines to apply force.

- Poem by Larry Spring

In the early 1950’s Larry opened the first and only television and antennae sales and service shop in a storefront in Fort Bragg. This business gave him what he called his “tools for new discoveries”. In 1954, Larry Spring independently measured the speed of light using his television repair equipment. His field strength meter and resonant length dipole antenna allowed his to determine the invisible, radiated, spherical magnetic fields he called MAGNESPHERES. He revelled in his powerful sense of observation and claimed that it was his ability to see the distant, the minute and the invisible that revealed the truths that would replace mathematical theories.

Larry experimented with the construction of 3-dimensional models to demonstrate his findings. Eventually he constructed a new atom called the SPRING ATOM and simplified the periodic table. He was an early adopter of solar power and made what he called his Mendocino Brushless Levitating Solar Motors to demonstrate both the power of electromagnetism and solar energy.

Larry Spring was also a prolific craftsperson who populated his shop with his creations. His Little Woods Creatures were especially popular and Larry would invite people into the store to admire them. Soon, the community referred to Larry’s Zenith Television store simply as Larry’s “place” as his storefront’s primary purpose had become increasingly became obscure.

Upon retirement, Larry Spring renamed his Zenith Television store the Larry Spring School of Common Sense Physics where students could learn about his experimental analysis of electromagnetism. Classes were three hours long and if students interrupted his lecture, he would start all over again.

Larry and his wife Louise were lifetime members of the Tesla society and together they demonstrated his findings at Tesla conventions across the country.

Larry Spring self-published many versions of his writings that he sent to libraries and universities across North America. He worked tirelessly until his death at age 94 to find acceptance for his primary discoveries MAGNESPHERES and the SPRING ATOM. 

Quotes

“The energy itself is my teacher”

“White light is white hot”

“Logic can explain it all”

“If space is empty, then so are you”

“There are no peers qualified to judge new discoveries”

“Issac Newton supplies a solid foundation, Einstein’s theories stir the imagination, Maxwell’s equations are for engineering, Spring’s observations are for understanding.”