Fred wrote: > Bain buried plates of zinc and copper in the ground about one meter apart and > used the resulting voltage, of about one volt, to operate a clock.
This looks like a galvanic cell to me, with the earth acting as a porous electrolyte reservoir. A ZnCu cell has a 1.1V voltage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_cell In which case the energy comes from the corroding electrode (zinc plate) I am afraid. It would have to work with identical metals to make sure the energy is not of chemical origin. Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "vortex-l" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Re: T. H.Moray's Energy Device > Free Energy in Dr. Moray's backyard? >> >> IOW, this an open-ended transmission line (Line-To-Ground LC) >> that might by happenstance hit a resonance point that could set up >> some husky HF (Megahz?) oscillations off the ~26,000 coulomb >> excess electron charge of the earth, that could do something strange >> enough to vindicate Dr. Moray's 1909 - 1930s anachronistic >> sojourn into solid state physics. >> >> IOW II, you have a gigaohm/meter internal resistance battery D.C.-wise >> but, if RF oscillation sets in, it's a whole different ball game, and if.... >> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telluric_current > > "Telluric currents are phenomena observed in the Earth's crust and mantle. In > September of 1862, an experiment to specifically address Earth currents was > carried out in the Munich Alps (Lamont, 1862). The currents are induced by > changes in the outer part of the Earth's magnetic field, which are usually > caused by interactions between the solar wind and the ionosphere. Utilization > of these electromagnetic effects has been reported in the United States as > far back as 1859. United States telegraph lines were operated by such natural > induced currents (during geomagnetic disturbances). Tellurics also result > from thunderstorms. Telluric currents flow in the surface layers of the > earth. The electric potential on the Earth's surface can be measured at > different points, enabling us to calculate the magnitudes and directions of > the telluric currents and thence the Earth's conductance. Telluric currents > will move between each half of the terrestrial globe at all times. Telluric > curren! ts! > move equator-ward (daytime) and pole-ward (nighttime)." > > "The field varies in time and over the frequency range 0.001 to 5 Hz > (Krasnogorskaja & Remizov, 1975). Electric potential gradients caused by > telluric currents are of the order of 0.2 to 1000 volts per metre. > (Krasnogorskaja and Remizov (1975); Vanjan (1975)). At any location, the > current density is a direct function of the interhemispheric currents and > their potential gradients. It has been estimated that telluric currents > overall during twelve hours in one hemisphere are in range of 100 to 1000 > amperes. This intensity of telluric currents is sufficient to drive the air > movements that create atmospheric electricity, from the global fair weather > charge accumulator to thunderstorm bases." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_battery > > "One of the earliest examples of an earth battery was built by Alexander Bain > in 1841 in order to drive a prime mover. Bain buried plates of zinc and > copper in the ground about one meter apart and used the resulting voltage, of > about one volt, to operate a clock. Carl Friedrich Gauss, who had researched > the Earth's magnetic field, and Karl A. von Steinheil, who built one of the > first electric clocks and developed the idea of an "Earth return" or "ground > return", had previously investigated such devices. Lord Kelvin developed a > "sea battery" in the latter end of the 1800s." > "Daniel Drawbaugh received U.S. Patent 211322 for an Earth battery for > electric clocks (with several improvements in the art of Earth batteries). > Another early patent was obtained by Emil Jahr U.S. Patent 690151 Method of > utilizing electrical Earth currents). In 1875, James C. Bryan received U.S. > Patent 160152 for his Earth Battery. In 1885, George Dieckmann, received US > patent U.S. Patent 329724 for his Electric Earth battery. In 1898, Nathan > Stubblefield received U.S. Patent 600457 for his electrolytic coil battery, > which was a combination of an earth battery and a solenoid. The Earth > battery, in general, generated power for early telegraph transmissions and > formed part of a tuned circuit that amplified the signalling voltage over > long distances."
