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Re: BL saga
Terry Fritz wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I didn't post this to the list.
>
> Just the fact that Malcolm is working on ball lightning issues is not the
> subject of this list.
>
> Terry
>
> At 08:59 AM 9/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Tesla List wrote:
> >>
> >> Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> I stuck some charred wood on top of my work coil last
> >> evening and fired her up. Some bright spots did appear in the
> >> streamers but you really had to look for them. It would be a bold
> >> soul that could claim this was ball lightning. They appeared to be
> >> burining particles of carbon ejected from the charcoal, probably by
> >> the electric fields. The spots were formed in air streamers and I
> >> suspect that the considerably brighter attached discharges would all
> >> but mask the effect. They were not at all long lived and appeared
> >> only in the streamers.
> >>
> >> Malcolm
> >
> >Hail All!,
> >
> >Me thimks Malcolm has just joined the 'Ball Lighning as produced by a
> >Tesla coil Club'!
> >
> >Conrats Malcolm,
> >
> >Robert W. Stephens
> >
> >
Terry,
I wish you _would_ post this! You apparently missed the point I was
attempting to make here. It wasn't anything to do actually with Malcolm
Watts. Malcolm had explained that he had done pretty much all the
little tricks and experiments (like putting rubber and carbon electrodes
on a TC, etc) that the Corums and Tesla himself did, and that all he got
to show for his efforts were some whimpy little glowing balls
distributed along the streamers. This is the 'Ball Lightning as
produced by a Tesla coil Club' I was referring to. Stated another way,
'You haven't really produced ball lightning, and it looks like you
probably cannot with a Tesla coil.'
If you'd like, go ahead and post this entire page as it is now including
my explanation.
Regards,
Robert W. Stephens