TESLA'S WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SCHEME (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:19:24 -0700
From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: TESLA'S WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SCHEME

     Chip seems to be somewhat tolerant on subject matter these days, 
perhaps because things are in the summer doldroms.  I'd like to take 
advantage of that to float a few questions which I can't remember seeing 
addressed much here.

1. Tesla's patents specifically state that he planned to conduct power 
via a two-conductor system, the excited upper layer (he wrote that it 
would be as conductive as a copper wire)  and the ground return 
circuit.  He mentions this often over the years.  Question:  How can any 
experiments not involving conduction of  the ionized "upper layer" [not 
the gas in an evacuated tube with which he started out] be considered 
the "Tesla system"?  In other words, how could his experiments be scaled 
down to something manageable?

2. Where do Tesla's "longitudinal waves" fit into this system?  What are 
their supposed properties and how could one distinguish them from other 
means of propagation?  Dave once wrote that he'd explained this but I 
can't find what he wrote and sure don't remember it.

Ed