Grimer.. you are a quick study.. now look at the tornado as a giant vortex tube. Do you have a "generator"? What if you produced the vortex from the ground up by using a " vortex tube"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "RC Macaulay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:00 PM Subject: Re: ...upon the clouds of heaven...
> The vortex I am referring to would be a tornado. The formation of this > vortex is fascinating. Within the cone of the vortex a condition exists for > formation of lightning. Many actual movies taken of moving tornados show > what first appears to be the vortex cone destroying power lines which short > and spark. A closer look at the films show a "glow" within the cone and no > power lines close. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: ...upon the clouds of heaven... > > > > > > >At 05:13 pm 01-08-04 -0500, I wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > >It would appear then that the tube is now merely a > > >thermodynamic curiosity. > > > > > > I was quite wrong there I'm afraid. :-( > > > > Apparently the tube has a wide range of useful industrial > > applications. The following is a good explanatory site. > > > > http://www.exair.com/vortextube/vt_frmain.htm#howitworks > > > > If you scroll down the page there is a excellent animated > > diagram which clearly shows how the tube separates the > > two flows. > > > > Interestingly enough, on the site page dealing with the > > history of the vortex tube the firm claim that "Theories > > abound regarding the dynamics of the Vortex tube." It would > > seem that this is possibly a fertile field for the kind of > > investigation to which "garage" explorers would be well > > suited. After all, it was invented "quite by accident" > > in the first place. > > > > Grimer > > > > > > > > > >
