Re: How to build a Tesla Tower

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Original poster: "Rob Judd by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <canska-at-a5-dot-com>

I think this is what you are referring to.
http://homepage.a5-dot-com/~canska/tesla/patents/us000685957.pdf
http://homepage.a5-dot-com/~canska/tesla/patents/us000685958.pdf

Tesla describes his concept rather clearly, albeit using the terminology of
his time, which can be confusing. As I read the patents, its an
electrostatic charging system, using an insulated elevated plate which
becomes charged as it is bombarded with ions. I've never heard of anyone
experimenting with this in recent time, but it seems logical that it would
work. Given that the charging current to the condenser is very low, it seems
that it would be difficult to test/prove how well this works since we have
much more interference than Tesla did in his day. It would be hard to rule
out that your elevated conductor is not getting power from a man made source
rather than the sun's "radiant energy". At the least it would require a very
remote testing site.

Rob Judd - canska-at-a5-dot-com
http://homepage.a5-dot-com/~canska/tesla



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Subject: Re: How to build a Tesla Tower


 > Original poster: "Christoph Bohr by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cb-at-luebke-lands.de>
 >
 > I think what you refere to is another thing than as tesla coil but  one of
 > teslas inventions as well.
 > I once saw a drawing by tesla which showed a large plate of metal mouted
 > high above ground, a wire that connects this plate to ground through a
 > condenser. This drawing was very "low detail" as tesla dind't want anyone
to
 > know how it works after several of his inventions were stolen by others. I
 > believe it had something to do with the field surrounding the earth, not
 > necessarily the use of  a tesla coil for that effect. He stated that one
 > could simply draw energy from this field on any place of the earth.
 >
 > Christoph
 >
 >
 >