Let the bickering begin...
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Quoting Franklin: > > "The electrical fire would, I think, be drawn out of a cloud silently, > before it could come near enough to strike...." > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry, Axil. The purpose of lightning rods are not to attract > > lightning. To the contrary, they are for dissipating the charge > > buildup in the surrounding earth and thus create a lightning shield. > > One company has made quite a business of building dissipation arrays. > > > > http://www.lightningprotection.com/ > > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The phenomena you describe is what Jo Papp used in his engine to > activate > >> his electrodes, that is, to make them more reactive. Interestingly, > >> lightning rods in the 1930s contained alpha emitters to better attract > the > >> lightning. I believe that this common practice back in the 30s is where > Papp > >> got his ideas for his electrodes. > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Nigel Dyer <l...@thedyers.org.uk> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> I have built myself a marx generator which produces an output voltage > of > >>> the order of 20kV and which can produce a very nice fat spark if the > output > >>> electrodes are close enough. I have a conventional geiger counter > and I > >>> find it beeps if it is within 5cm of the high voltage output. The > distance > >>> suggests alpha particles, but a peice of card makes no difference so I > >>> assume that this is an artefact picked up by the large and abrupt > change in > >>> the voltage gradient. Oddly I could not find any reference to this > artefact > >>> on the internet. Is this just something that everyone knows but > no-one > >>> writes down? > >>> > >>> Nigel > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >
