13-08-2020, 07:55 PM
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Well spoke to a old mate of mine earlier and apparently East London got a hammering.I heard the rumbles advancing towards Essex but apart from a few silly drops nothing happened I reckon it zipped across to Kent via the Queen Elizabeth bridge.
Guess I will have to water the garden early morn after my walk yet again.
I do hope it had to pay the toll..
13-08-2020, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by TessA
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Didn't Tesla reckon he could extract electicity from the atmosphere and send it through the air without the need for wires? It didn't come about possibly because of the fossil fuel companies, a lot of his work files and discoveries went missing! It would have meant much cheaper power.
I believe he, possibly with some backers, built a tower with a dome on the top which he claimed could transmit electrical power through the atmosphere.
As you say, it was never developed and, for some reason, forgotten about.
Of course, it is possible to transmit energy through the atmosphere. Mobile phones, TV transmissions, radar, etc., etc.
13-08-2020, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by TessA
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Didn't Tesla reckon he could extract electicity from the atmosphere and send it through the air without the need for wires? It didn't come about possibly because of the fossil fuel companies, a lot of his work files and discoveries went missing! It would have meant much cheaper power.
13-08-2020, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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Yes. Tesla was a strange man with some amazing ideas which no-one else could understand.I believe he, possibly with some backers, built a tower with a dome on the top which he claimed could transmit electrical power through the atmosphere.
As you say, it was never developed and, for some reason, forgotten about.
Of course, it is possible to transmit energy through the atmosphere. Mobile phones, TV transmissions, radar, etc., etc.
13-08-2020, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd
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It's possible but there won't be enough electric produced to be of any use.
And I don't think anyone has found a way to control static electricity and turn it into a useful power source.
13-08-2020, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Couldn't boil a kettle off it Judd.....And I don't think anyone has found a way to control static electricity and turn it into a useful power source.
13-08-2020, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by longfellow
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professor frankenstein did ogf..
13-08-2020, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Couldn't boil a kettle off it Judd.....And I don't think anyone has found a way to control static electricity and turn it into a useful power source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar
13-08-2020, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd
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It's possible but there won't be enough electric produced to be of any use.
This chap lit up a farmer's entire field and it didn't cost him a penny. That appeals to me, for some reason!
https://scienceprog.com/the-bright-f...escent-lights/
13-08-2020, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd
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Leyden jars - an early type of capacitor was used in electrical experiments in the late 18th, early 19th centuries.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar
Not seriously harmful at that size, of course.
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