Ball Lightning

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Original poster: "Nebojsa Kovacevic by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <morfeus-at-EUnet.yu>

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Hello All!

As for the ball lightning: what about the fact that Tesla mentioned in
his experiments, that he generated sphere lightning using just
discharging of two diferent frequencies, using the high frequency coil
to arc to the low frequency coil, the low frequency coil would then
release it`s energy rapidly, in a burst. He was saying also something
about discharging the two diferent frequency streamers through the
larger pipe, and notice little spheres inside as a product of a
colision.

"...it became apparent that the fireballs resulted form the interaction
of two frequencies, a stray
                     higher frequency wave imposed on  the lower
frequency oscillations of the main circuit....

                    This condition acts as a trigger which may cause the
total energy of the powerful longer wave
                    to be discharged in a infinitesimally small interval
of time and the proportionately tremendously
                    great rate of energy movement which cannot confine
itself to the metal circuit and is released
                    into surrounding space with inconceivable violence.

                    It is but a step, from the learning how a high
frequency current can explosively discharge a lower
                    frequency current, to using the principle to design
a system in which these explosions can be
                    produced by intent."   -N. Tesla

But he never really explained how he acchieved the generation of this
phenomenon.

Regards,
Nele