Viktor Schauberger was born on June 30, 1885, and died on September 25, 1958. He was an Austrian forest caretaker, naturalist, philosopher, pseudoscientist, and inventor.

Early life

Schauberger was born on June 30, 1885, in Holzschlag, Upper Austria. His parents were Leopold Schauberger and Josefa, who was born Klimitsch. From 1891 to 1897, he studied at the elementary school in Aigen. He then attended the state grammar school in Linz until 1900. From 1900 to 1904, he studied at the forestry school in Aggsbach, located at Kartause Aggsbach, where he earned the qualification to work as a forester. From 1904 to 1906, he served as a forest clerk in Groß-Schweinbarth, Lower Austria.

Technology

Nick Cook visited the PKS bio-technical institute, Pythagoras-Kepler System, in the Salzkammergut Mountains. Viktor's grandson, Joerg, gave Nick access to the family archives, which included Viktor's books, letters, diary, and patent applications. In addition to inventing a log flume, Viktor worked on bio-technical machinery. In 1939, Viktor filed a patent with the Reich Patent Office for a "multistage centrifuge with concentrically juxtaposed pressure chambers," a means of propelling machines through air or water, water purification, or electricity generation. In 1940, Viktor contracted Kaempfer in Berlin to build the machine. In February 1941, he switched to the Kertl company in Vienna. In March 1941, he began working in secret for the Nazis. By 1944, this included the use of slave labor from the Mauthausen concentration camp. At the end of the war, the US apprehended Viktor and debriefed him over the next nine months. In 1957, Viktor and his son Walter were invited to the US by Karl Gerchsheimer and Robert Donner to put Viktor's implosion technology into production. Viktor died soon after returning to Linz.