… to create these discharges which may be termed as "man-made lightning". Over time, more and more people experimented … of electrical discharges many times referred to as man-made lightning. This is very different than the lightning generated in an electrical thunderstorm. Different …
… that Tesla probably did detect stationary waves produced by lightning storms. His observations were based on actual … this case, electromagnetic waves-such as those produced by lightning-would travel for a distance and then simply peter … dimensions." And if stationary waves could be set up by lightning, he concluded, then "it is now certain that they …
… child Tesla had been fascinated by the relationship between lightning and rain. On this trip, while roaming in his … the rain was delayed until, all of a sudden, there was a lightning flash and a few moments after, a deluge. This … of the water was inconsiderable, the function of lightning being much like that of a sensitive trigger. "Here …
… it is hoped that the coil will be able to generate ball lightning. Introduction Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was one of … The coil worked well, producing bolts of artificial lightning over a hundred feet long. Tesla then abandoned the …
… the power of the poet Goethe’s Faust , the idea came like a lightning flash. In an instant I saw it all, and I drew with … that raged down over the Rockies, one time counting 12,000 lightning strikes within two hours. As the storms moved …
… American Scientist, Sept.-Oct. 981. (5) Ogawa, Toshio, "The Lightning Current" Handbook of Atmospherics, Vol. 1, pg. 23, … Tesla Book Co., Millbrae, CA 1983. (11) Salanane, Leon E., Lightning and Its Spectrum, University of Arizona Press, …
… noticed that his receivers were more strongly affected by lightning discharges taking place in far-off thunderstorms than they were by lightning from nearby storms; common sense would suggest that the more distant the lightning discharge, the weaker the signal that would be …
… emphasized in the recently published biography o. Tesla "Prodigal Genius" by John J. O'Neill. In checking Tesla's … lamps could be lighted anywhere merely by sticking a tuned rod into the ground. Modern Giant 50,000-Watter. At the turn …
… ship propulsion did not seem worth the effort, either. Lightning was a great source of energy, but too unwieldy. …
… to their objective, Dr. Tesla said, will attain the lightning-like potential of 50,000,000 volts. With this …