Nathan Stubblefield Earth battery/Self Generating Induction Coil Replications

[jeanna]

Yes Bill,
I would like to know the difference between the inside in a pot of water as contrasted with outside in the ground.
I didn't remember your results in the ground, and now I know why.

Did anybody put a coil in the ground and test it both ways, or am I the only one?

Yes, the youtube link on the same page would be OK too. I just think everything should be sort of compact. So, if you wait on the youtube link and put it together, we can copy the entry and paste it to a text file of results on a battery documents file/folder of our own. This will help now and in the future, they will be already compiled when a new person wants a list of facts.

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Now, as far as I can tell NS only had the 2 patents. This one which was his power source, and one for wireless telephone. (well the speaker of the telephone itself too.)

I think that while he probably used this as a transmitter he also used it for all his electrical devices as the power source.  I am positive (of course perhaps incorrect too) that those things on the poles were a version of this power source. Yes, in the case of that picture, it was being used for powering his wireless telephone.

Joe's brilliant observation that the make and break is the key led me to look for the make and break in the pictures of the thing while being demonstrated.

Hans, verified that a spherical ball was often used as a capacitor with an internal spark gap; and there is it. The spark gap is inside the sphere. Some wires make and break and other wires come from it and go to the thing it is powering. (I can get you a link that can help calculate the sparks of a sphere too).

Why am I the only one that sees this as the likely design? Oh wait Gary sees it too.  Am I making an obvious error here? Where is the patent that talks about the transmittor which is not using this as its power source?

Having said that in my hotheaded italian way...I will now study the transmitter patent to see if the circuit drawing could be this. 

jeanna

[Pirate88179]

@ Jeanna and all:

If I can compress it small enough, here is a picture of the box of earth batteries at the Stubblefield farm in 1902.  I tried to zoom in so you can see there are no spheres on top of them at this time.  It is clear on my computer but I have no idea what will show when posted.  I have Han's pictures, a few of them I download, but they are too large to post anymore.  Make of it what you will because I don't know.

Bill

***EDIT***  I believe that is a single EB just off to the left.  It looks like a larger coil.  The coils in the box appear to have
                wires attached to them and may be all linked together in series.  What do you think?

[jeanna]

What strikes me is the proportion of what looks like a spool on its side. (on the left by itself) One of the coil gun sites I went to the other day had the coils made thick and short for the best propulsion. This looks a little like it. But it is hard to see.

Bill, can you try to make it bigger? it is 14k and you are allowed 50. What if you cropped it lower - cut the folks off at the waist  then it would be smaller to start with then maybe the resolution would be better. I may look for that pic somewhere on my computer if you cannot.

jeanna

[Pirate88179]

@ Jeanna:

That's about the best I can do with my free picture editing software.  The resolution on the original is not that great to begin with.  You could try to download it from my post and play with it on your Mac.  They are supposed to be better for stuff like that right?  ***EDIT***  See post below

Bill

[Pirate88179]

Here is another try. A little better maybe.  There are a couple of items just off to the left of the box.  One large, fat coil standing vertically...and something laying on its side.  Wonder what that is?


Bill