We need to focus on the physics...the physical is after all, the only real truth.
We need to then keep in mind the key truths of the physical (eventually you need to learn all physical truths). Those being...
1. Anything can be scaled up or down to infinity (infinity goes microscopic and macroscopically)
2. There are 4 states of matter; Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma
3. All Mater IS made from "atoms"...the atom is composed of spinning orbital "electrons" that surround a dense "proton/neutron" core. These elements possess electro-magnetic atributes that get stronger the closer you get.
4. "Opposite Charges" attract each other...."Like Charges" repel each other.
Using these "truths of physics" (I avoid using the word law...because they are "truths" as best we can tell, not laws) you can begin to see what Meyer was actually doing. He was using voltage potentials (and light) to energize the atoms. He then used the accumulated energy to separate the molecules using the larger "electron" orbit (Both water molecule...and then H2 molecule)
He did this by using the potential energy across the molecule (which translates to a larger charge differential across the molecule) to a "floating" electrode...by pulsing the EEC there is a chain reaction between all atoms that the electricity deems "path of least resistance"...this chain reaction is the flow of electrons. One must understand that "electrons" are present everywhere...in fact static electricity is the transfer of electrons from one source to another. For example...rubbing PVC with rabbit fur actually transfers electrons from the fur to the PVC...rubbing PVC with cellophane takes electrons from the PVC. The WFC does that in reverse...Using an already high voltage static field (Static as is in "Standing Wave" to polarize the water molecule....a separate drain circuit is provided to pipe away one side of the charge. Creating an ionized Atom(s), and a neutral atom(s)
My study into "Atomic Hydrogen" has brought it together. Meyer was making it...for a fact. In fact in his whole "Earth Spaceship/Biosphere" paper he wrote how we could do the same thing to air to pull out solids (carbon, sulfur, etc) and clean our environment. It's how "Voltage does work"...Hydrogen is special because of it's immense size, yet minuscule mass...when it separates into singular atoms the size of the "electron" orbit enlarges, this is possible in common practice by pushing Hydrogen (H2) into a AC arc...in the arc the Molecule absorbs heat energy that energizes the orbits of the electrons to increase in size, then break apart. The blast of hydrogen is so fast that the atoms take with them an extra electron (Arc is an electron sea)...this extra electron allows the Hydrogen to have a relatively "stable" orbit. In common practice the "Atomic Hydrogen" hits a solid metal object and in the inelastic collision, loses the extra electron. Without the extra electron the atom must now collapse back down...it then links with another collapsing hydrogen atom and creates molecular hydrogen.
When a gas expands it cools the local area (refrigeration)...when it shrinks it heats the local area...(Atomic Hydrogen Welding)
Here is a crude atomic hydrogen water reactor...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUHeBPBzca0&feature=relatedMeyer ultimately created a hydrogen plasma torch that heated all the "incombustible gasses" to expand and push the piston down.