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NormanOn coming back from Bermuda in Solstice Moon, about 150 miles North East we encounter a horrific thunderstorm that lasted for at least 24 hours. There was not much wind, but the lightning was amazing. In addition to chain lightning, St Almos fire, and every other form of lightning in the catalog, there was ball lightning.This Gulf Stream event was very scary to be on deck with, as it was all around us so close that when lightning bolts struck the water nearby, one could see what looked like tree roots or swimming snakes of brilliant light on the water's surface crawling on top, yet too powerful to be absorbed into the saltwater. Perhaps they were less dense than water? It could be a issue with gravity too, as the ball lightning seemed to float in the air. The sounds were very frightening, like a major battle going on, on that endless expanse of ocean. It was non stop, continuous, night, and day.Nothing hit the ferrocement vessel, with grounded metal masts, six and a half stories in the air. It seemed there was a sixty degree cone of protection around the boat, but I was frightened anyway, and stayed down below in our Fariday cage interior, content to just look out the plexiglas hatches, and bronze portholes, at the fireworks. The hairs on my arms bristled straight out and tingled.I have heard such events are common in the Gulf stteamCheers Warren
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:57 AM, Norman Wootan [email protected] [EVGRAY]<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Homemade Lightning Creative Experiments in Electricity, R.A. Ford
The electrical entities pages 173 – 178
A LABORATORY ILLUSTRATION OF BALL LIGHTNING
In Dr. Elihu Thompson’s Address at the opening of the Palmer Physical Laboratory at Princeton University he made , with regard to ball lightning, the statement, “The difficulty here is that it is too accidental and rare for consistent study, and we have not as yet any laboratory phenomenon which resemble it closely”. This suggested to me that a phenomenon which I witnessed some six or seven years ago might be worth recording.
With a copper wire a student accidentally short-circuited the terminals of an ordinary 110 volt circuit. I happened at the time to be a few meters from him and to looking toward the terminals. At the instant of the short circuit I saw an incandescent ball which appeared to roll slowly from the terminals across the laboratory table and then disappeared. As I remember it, I should say that the ball may have appeared to be about three centimeters in diameter. I think no one else in the room saw anything more than a flash of light-much as if a fuse had blown. On the table where the ball had rolled we found a line of scorched spots, as if the ball had bounced along the table and had scorched the wood wherever it touched. As I remember them, these scorched spots were rather close together, perhaps not more than one or two centimeters apart. In the top of the table was a crack perhaps a millimeter or two wide, and at this crack the scorched line ended. In the drawer immediately under this crack we found a tiny copper ball, perhaps a millimeter in diameter. Apparently the ball that rolled across the table was incandescent copper vapor, although my memory of it is of a yellow-white than of a greenish light.
The above suggested the possibility of a laboratory study of a phenomenon which may very possibly be similar to that of ball lightning, but have never attempted to repeat the experiment.
A.T. Jones
Purdue University
18-8 A laboratory illustration of ball lightning. Science, B.S. 1910
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. ARDEN, LECTURER, IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, DATED SEPTEMBER 25, 1772
“About fourteen or fifteen years ago, in the presence of Wm. Constable, Esq. at his seat at Burton, in Holderness, I made the following experiments:
“I placed a large coated jar that would hold three or four gallons, directly under the prime Conductor of a very good electrical machine. The prime Conductor was at least eight or ten inches above the top of the jar, and the communication was made by a brass wire, bent at one end over the prime Conductor, and the other end passed through small glass tube (contrived by Mr. Constable to prevent the electric matter from easily flying off) was suspended in the middle of the jar, and had a small piece of brass chain fastened to it, that rested on the bottom of the jar.
“I then began to turn the wheel, and about 100 or 150 times, as low in the jar as I could for the coating, I perceived a ball of fire, much resembling a red hot iron bullet, and three quarters of an inch in diameter, turning round upon its axis, and ascending up the glass tube that contained the brass wire, which was the Conductor to the inside of the jar.
“I immediately asked Mr. Constable, if he saw the ball of fire? He said, certainly. I said, ‘I will turn on’. He answered, ‘By all means’. I kept turning the wheel, and the ball of fire continued turning on its axis, and ascending up the glass tube till it got quite upon the top of the prime Conductor. There it turned upon its axis for some time, then gradually descended, turning upon its axis as it had done on its assent, and so continued till it was so much below the top of the coating that we could no longer see it. But soon
18-9 The Arden and Constable experiment, De L’ Electricite’ Des Meteores, Vol. 1, 1787, Abbe Bertholon
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After this, a very great flash was seen; a large explosion was heard, and strong smell of Sulphur was present all over the room; a round aperture was cut through the side of the jar, as fine as if it were cut with a diamond, rather more than three quarters of an inch in diameter, and between two to three inches below the top of the coating, and the coating was torn off all round the aperture, about three to four inches in diameter. The jar was a pretty strong one, of crown glass.
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“I then took another jar, so like the first, that when both were whole I could not perceive any difference between them. I then attempted to charge this, in the same manner as the other, and we both observed it accurately. No ball of fire was seen, but presently the jar discharged itself with a great flash and explosion, and at about the same part as the first jar, but instead of an aperture which was made in the first jar, there was a circle about three quarters of an inch in diameter, as white as chalk, and the coating torn off round about it as before. Upon touching the white part, it dropped out and appeared to be glass in fine powder.
“We broke several other different sized jars that day, (which made Mr. Constable say we were in great luck) but without any thing remarkable.
“The first experiment was made soon in the afternoon of a clear day, and the machine stood directly between us and a window, which was not above a yard from it. I don’t hear that the ball of fire has been produced by art by anyone else, to this day, although it is produced by nature.
“I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Constable this day, and of reading the account of these experiments to him, and, to the best of his memory, he thought the whole was strictly true.
“Mr. Constable thinks it would not be difficult to repeat the experiment, and to produce the ball of fire at any time, provided the jar is large, and not coated too near the top, and that the wire communicating the prime Conductor to the inside of the jar is made to pass through a small glass tube (which is certainly of great advantage of making experiments of this kind) and that the machine acts very strong. If not, it will be in vain to attempt it’.
R.A. Ford
I can only conclude that Mr. Constable was a man of few words!
Several key points are worth noting in Arden and Constable’s experiment: the Leyden jar’s central wire has several points of lose contact including the chain links and sliding joint. The jar is large and and is charged slowly, almost to the flash over point. The open jar, the overhead window, and the fact that the visible fireball was formed early in the test, but not later, indicates that a film of moisture in the glass jar and the central glass tube is the most important requirements. In In the historical evolution of the Leyden jar, the early form included no lid. Natural philosophers soon discovered that by blowing into the jar, the moisture would greatly increase the storable charge.
Many theories have been advanced to account for the large amounts of energy and long lifetimes of these electric entities (usually 1 to 5 seconds). Fireballs have been known to cause major damage to tile roofs and chimneys, bend heavy iron gates and door hinges, bring a barrel of water to its boiling point in a short time, and bore small holes through granite blocks. Some of these points are described in Brand’s report of 1923. An especially good book on the subject is Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning by James D. Barry (1980). None of the theories mentioned in these two sources require a major shift in fundamental physics concepts.
Theoretical implications
I personally feel these explanations do not account for the enormous energy content in a small space. The three artificial electric-entity productions featured here involve no large power requirement to initiate a formation.
Following are two unorthodox theories, seldom seen:
1. In line with Gustave Le Bon’s ideas on the universal dissociation of matter, a fireball would be seen as a slow energy-conversion process, in which elemental matter (water molecules, for example) yields its intrinsic potential energy. When the quantity of moisture is reduced to a low level, the fireball becomes starved out of existence. Le Bon pointed out the large number of electrons bound in a single gram of water. Should these electrons be freed to appear as charge, an enormous 96,000 coulombs of electricity would be produced. One coulomb applied to each of two spheres 1 meter apart represents an electrostatic force of 2 billion pounds! Normally, only tiny fraction of a coulomb is found in nature.
2. The second view involves a return to our discussion of gravitation. In this theory, an energy conversion occurs that disturbs the “concealed or hidden” motions in space (hypothesized by Heinrich Hertz in 1899 to account for the storage of potential energy).
Also, odd gravity anomalies are associated with electric entities, specifically, heavy, fragile objects fall without being broken. This action implies that the basic properties or constants od space itself have been altered. Since the true nature of electrification is concealed a the molecular level, perhaps electrification produces disturbances in the incessant, hidden motions of space. These disturbances are manifested as heat, light and mass motion-one form of which is the appearance of ball lightning.
These two views, of course, are quite unsettling because they require a major paradigm shift in fundamental physics concepts and an enlargement of our scientific foundational principles. Some physicist have admitted that the formation of ball lightning in metal enclosures, such as airplanes, raises the question of how such large energy densities in a small space are maintained (see Nature, volume 224, 1969, p, 895 , for example). The metal enclosures ensure that fireballs are not supplied externally with electromagnetic energy, as some theoretical physicists have imagined. We have, in ball lightning, a means by which energy is extracted from the nearby quiescent environment and manifests itself as heat, light and mass motion. If this conclusion is justified, then it would be a natural case of negative entropy; that is , energy flowing “uphill”, not downhill, as is required by the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
One article in favor of this limitation is “The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the ‘Death’ of Energy, with Notes on the Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere,” by Charles P. Steinmetz from General Electric Review (July1912).
Expressing the second law of thermodynamics in the words: “With out expenditure of other form of energy heat flows only from higher to lower temperature,” the author shows that the logical sequence from this is the conclusion that eventually all energy transformation will stop, i.e., all motion will cease and the universe will be dead. The conclusion is not a reasonable one and the author sets out to disprove the general applicability of the law. Adopting as his line of reasoning the thermodynamics of gases, he shows how, attending the escape of molecules from the attraction of earth into the cosmic space, there is a heat energy flow from a temperature of 10 deg. C, to one of 60,000 deg. C. Even within the earth’s atmosphere, and without considering what happens in cosmic space, he shows that there is a transference of heat energy from lower to higher temperatures, and leads us to the conclusion that this law of thermodynamics is not of universal application, but applies only within the limited range of thermodynamic engines, from which it has been derived.
In addition to Dr. Steinmetz, physicists James Clerk Maxwell, Thomas Preston, and Lucien Poincare held a similar view of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
A thought-provoking implication presented itself when I reflected on Arden and Constable’s simple experiment, performed during the latter part of the eighteenth century. With their homemade frictional generator and Leyden jar, they succeeded in producing a phenomenon that today’s government research centers have failed to duplicate using the best high-powered generators and large financial investments.
Extrapolating from this paradox, it now appears that it is possible to produce quite anomalous results by employing a large number of principles through which nature operates. The experimental lab should duplicate natural environmental conditions; sterility and uniformity are often barriers to the discovery of new laws.
The application of this philosophical approach could result in a great simplification of our technology, making it more reliable with less waste and pollution as by-products. These possibilities require a greater resiliency and willingness to think in different modes. Fortunately, the spirt of inquiry and creativity is innate in each new generation of children.
R.A. Ford
At the “New Energy Conference”, 1995 Fusion Facts, Hal Fox sponsored, Radisson Hotel, Denver CO. I had the opportunity to discuss, during breakfast, the above “Dissociation of matter” with Hal Puthoff and Kenneth Shoulders. My question was: “If you were able to “annihilate” a quantity of water yielding an enormous electron output, what would happen to the ‘protons”??? Hal Puthoff did not even think twice and said “They would “snap” back into the space background, just as I presented in ZPE doc, Nature. “Spontaneous formation of hydrogen in free space”!
Ball Lightning was a big area of research by Ken Shoulders (RIP) and was a centerpiece of his Charged Cluster Research.
http://www.infinite-energy.com/iemagazine/issue61/chargeclusters.html
http://www.padrak.com/ine/NEN_5_2_8.html
http://padrak.com/ine/FB97_1.html
On 4/23/2018 5:40 AM, 'S.friedrich' [email protected] [EVGRAY] wrote:
Hello Warren, I have Unfortunately, just a DC Motor 1.3 kw performance, everything else are toys engines or Universal engines the not magnets have. I have now 4 of the 3,15kv capacitors ordered. I think if we free energy search then in the high voltage or in the electric field. it's here very still has become prepare all at the end time zenario before? greetings Sven
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The capacitor experimenting is very interesting indeed. You know, I ws making capacitors a while back, and found it ridiculously easy to make very good capacitors from cheap common materials. How about polyethylene sheet plastic and aluminium foil? How cheap can you get, along with spray adhesive, hot glue and some scraps of aluminium wire for tig welding. Oh! I forgot, empty toilet paper core tubes hahaha. They work great, even for 10,000 volts without flash over. They are not tiny little packages by any means, but you can make them any value you want to, just more surface area, and a bigger or smaller roll. I have news regarding my daisey chain bridge rectifiers and big dc motors. I have been running the 1.5 hp dc motor that is currently driving the 100 lb flywheel because I am too lazy to take it apart. It is also driving a little 40 volt fractional horsepower dc motor with a vee belt none of which is directly part of the experiment, except possibly as a load. I am running it using a variac and bridge rectifier at about 11.2 volts. Just inserting another bridge rectifier ac Now I am working these big motors way below their rated hlegs down between the two brush wires of the 1.5 hp 90 volt motor( running on 11.2 volts) yields 12.4 volts dc ! Interesting! However, I noticed a slight jump in the line amperage required of half an amp using a little automotive 12 dc motor. When taking that connection to a big 1.5 horsepower dc gearhead motor with a 10:1 heavy gearbox, there was zero rise in amperage, as opposed to the little automotive motor.l am running these big motors way below their standard voltage. I have noted the voltage increase, and now the zero feedback to the source amperage. If you have any largish dc motors, give it a try, as I think you have everything in your test room. It is not fancy, or in anyway difficult to do. I have yet to flip the ac leads back and forth to see if it makes a difference in performance regarding the second motor, and system amperage draw. Cheers Warren
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On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 1:58 PM, [email protected] [EVGRAY] <[email protected]> wrote:
I found something interesting and wonder if this is relevant.
Capacitor Capacitance is reached by the size of the plates, that will be clear to everyone here, but the distance of the plates also has a strong influence on it I would not have thought now.
In tests the distance between the plates is increased and the voltage increases and vice versa the capacity. I had not thought of that.
I always wonder if it's because of the capacitors we get today which are much more compact and smaller than before, maybe the dielectric is so thin that the gaps between the plates are so small that the new capacitors do not produce the same effect as the old ones , The old capacitors certainly had much larger plates than the new ones at a greater distance to achieve the same capacity. I may be on the wrong track, but I think you can think about it.
I was able to get 4x 10μF capacitors from old production and withstand the 3.15kv and in relation to the other capacitors I have huge.
I want the transverter with max. Drive impedance and make the connection via small coupling capacitors to the diode plug. Perhaps one could tap the earth into the resonance system via a diode. I wanted to protect the diode connector with several suppressor diodes in series to short-circuit if more like 1200V are transmitted.
I always have to think about my high-voltage test where the ground connection could trigger the spark gap faster. Unfortunately, I could not measure any voltage or no devices that can stand it.
regards
Sven
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