The Cu plate replates itself from Cu++ in the solution, the Zn plate dissolves (releases Zn++ to the solution) so it can be viewed as the fuel. Works with other metal pairs.
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Re: T. H.Moray's Energy Device > According to the article the material can replate itself? > > Michel Jullian wrote, >> >> 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." > > >
