… of paper by one end, and place the far end between the rods where they are closest together. The paper will quickly … and low current. When the transformer is connected to the rods and turned on, the high voltage pulls the electrons … across the gap, and the arc stops-beginning again where the rods are closest. …
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… around the shaft. To facilitate such adjustment, a screw rod P', provided with a knob or hand le, is shown as passing … the wall of the box. The latter may be adjusted by this rod, and when in proper position may be held therein by screwing the rod down into a depression in the sleeve or bearing, as …
… heads c', through which passes a central metallic rod c". A small quantity of grains d of conducting material, … conductor C forming one part of the circuit. The central rod c" is connected to the frame of the instrument and so to … are fastened with two nuts to the projecting ends of the rod, by which means the cylinder c is supported. 90 In order …
… The Tesla coil produced terrifying discharges and lightning bolts emanating from the terminal sphere did a bit … is to employ the “impulse mode” of operation (long lightning snaps instead of the wavering hairy high frequency … spheres (optional) are attached to the ends of two rods forming an internal spark gap. Large needles work …
… Draper , whose book about Tesla's like and work, entitled “ Lightning in His Hand ” has sparked new national interest in …
… tests and measurements, actually surpassing those of lightning discharges... …
… nearby. Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Arrows point to ball lightning in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 3 is an enlargement of the … supports the idea that the toroids are indeed like ball lightning, arises from decreasing the voltage to zero for … the two ideas are not related, but if they are then ball lightning in the forest must be a single plasma band under a …
… Figure 3. Sturgeon's mercury dip interrupter: a pivoting rod moves up and down, in a pool of mercury as the iron core of the rod is made magnetic. Figure 4. On the left, an example of …
… goings-on at Tesla's transmitter. It stated, "all sorts of lightning were flashed from the tall tower and poles," and …