Re: Ion Motors / Electrostatic Pendulum

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Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

<<snip>>
> 
> Humm... Take a better look at the patent where Tesla
> describes his 
> idea for energy transmission through the atmosphere (US
> 645.576, March 
> 20 1900. Tesla's patents are available on-line at several
> places). 
> He says clearly that the idea is to transport -current-
> through the 
> relatively conductive higher atmosphere, using Tesla
> transformers with 
> terminals placed at high altitudes as transmitter and
> receiver 
> (paragraph 115, page 2, claims, page 5). 
> There is no reference to "longitudinal waves"
> (inexistent) or any form 
> of electromagnetic wave. The transmitter would operate
> -after- breakout, 
> feeding the conductive air with -current-.
> (I have to say that the idea still seems totally
> infeasible.)
> 
> Or there was some other patent with a different idea? 
> 
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
> 
> 
 Wasn't his idea to use the earth (essentially) like a
giant capicitor?

Ben McMillen



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