Re: Poynting Vector Vortex Experiment

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Richard, all,

On 9 Mar 2002, at 11:00, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Wall Richard Wayne by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
> 
> Terry, List,
>  
>  
> >The plant "experiment" is very poor...  I would rewrite the first page part
> >and eliminate the plant thing.  I detracts from the first experiment
greatly.
>  
> It's all in the eye of the beholder.  I have an under graduate degree in
> chemistry and biology and among other things I am intensely interested in
> biological system behavior in response to SEB effects.  These biologic
> effects are off topic to this list and are mentioned only in passing.
> Ignore them, if you please.  The simple Poynting Vector Vortex  experiment
> is posted to give the list a glimpse into a small part of an enlarged
> Electrical theory being developed that involves our beloved Tesla coils.
> The biologic experiment stands on its own and in no way influences the
> Poynting Vector Vortex  experiment.
>  
> Perhaps the forces at work in this experiment are similar to the forces
> that create Dr. Johnson's and Ross's "helical sparks" as shown here:
>  
> Perhaps.  I also remember a single spike like helical spark discharge from
> the top a tube coil.  I think it was John Freau's image.  Maybe we can take
> a more critical look at that discharge.
>  
> This post got lost in the large number of post last month....  I have been
> studying how this corkscrew shape could be formed.  So far I think
> conventional field theory explains it but perhaps you pointer vector thing
> explains it too.
>  
> Please tell how you think conventional field theory explains how this
> helical shape discharge could be formed.
>  
> BTW, both flat and helical Tesla coils should have spiral vortices out of
> their central axes using simple SEB theory.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> RWW

Are helical sparks observed in discharges extending sideways from the 
terminal or those extending vertically? I haven't seen any notable 
ones in my coiling so would appreciate the benefit of other's 
observations.

Thanks,
Malcolm