Tesla Radiant Energy Collector TREC.

[thx1138]

Mb a grid of sharp pointed objects like small nails?

That's what Plauson proposed using and the ballons were to be maintained at a couple of hundred feet above the surface. That method is still used today to protect radio towers from lightning. Look at the frames at 2:59 in teh following youtube video. Those star shaped devices are the lightning protectors.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-7Qp7uzbQ&feature=kp

But lightning protection and radiant energy collection are two different things. Tesla had patents for both. The major difference is the fact that the elevated device of the radiant energy collector is insulated and the one on the lightning protector is not.

Radiant energy patents
http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla-patents-685,957-utilization-of-radiant-energy?pq=Njg1OTU3
http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla-patents-685,958-utilizing-radiant-energy?pq=Njg1OTU4
Also note what Tesla says in the radiant energy patent: "It is very important, particularly in view of the fact that electrical energy is generally supplied at a very slow rate to the condenser, to construct the same with the greatest care."

Which means you can't use it faster than it is collected or you'll have no energy to draw upon. This also rules out the idea that his Pierce Arrow car was power by the antenna attached to it collecting radiant energy. It wouldn't collect enough energy on a continuous basis to power an 80 horsepower motor. It was also said about the car that it could power a home when not in use as transportation so that is another thing that would drain the supply faster than it was collected.

Also note the x-ray (Roentgen or Lenard) tube shown in the radiant energy patent but using the devise developed by Tesla as he states in the text.

Lightning protector patent
http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla-patents-1,266,175-lightning-protector?pq=MTI2NjE3NQ==

Be sure to read the lightning protector patent regarding the elevated device and note the differences regarding the sharp points in the Franklin style ligtning rod, Tesla's uninsulated device for lightning protection, and the radiant energy collector insulated elevated device and what he says about charged particles.

Atmospheric electricity is somewhat related in that the atmosphere is charged by the charged particles from the sun and stars but the radiant energy collector is charged by the particles themselves and not the charge imparted to the atmosphere.

[TinselKoala]

It is really great to see that someone has actually read Tesla's patents and his notes and lectures. Rather than taking the tall stories and legends about Tesla and his work at face value.

Thanks, thx1138!

( "If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion. " )

[thx1138]

I'm into my 3rd year of studying Tesla's work now and still feel like I've only scratched the surface. I spent the first year doing what most everyone does listening to conjecture about what Tesla meant by what he said and looking at alternate physics theories, etc.

I don't remember exactly what article I was reading at the time but it dawned on me that the author was bouncing all over the place time wise in the sequence of what Tesla was doing and that the only way to understand Tesla was to study his work in the sequence he developed it to maybe pick up his train if thought and see how his ideas progressed.

Another thing that everyone has to realise is how much NOT known at the time. Today's high school student knows more about science in general than was known during Tesla's time by the best science professors and experimenters. The list is too long to go into but you have to imagine what it was like to live in the 1880's and 90's. When you start getting into that there are obvious things like no cars or airplanes. But the subtle things that we take for granted today are what will really set you back. An example is refrigeration. There was none. Think about what that means for food consumption. Everything had to be fresh and it had to be grown locally and transported into the cities on a daily basis by wagon.

There's a cool site about New York City archived photographs and it has some from the 1800's. I looked there to see if I could find photographs of his laboratories but failed at that. The first thing you notice is the wagons and horses in the streets. Then you notice there aren't any skyscrapers. Steel wasn't mass produced so it wasn't used in buildings and the highest you can build a brick building is 5 or 6 stories. There wasn't any electricity so there weren't any elevators, air conditioning, or interior lighting.
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[thx1138]

( "If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion. " )

I made it to the surface world. No sedation necessary.

I saw an interesting article related to electrons, barium titanate, and x-rays today.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140610112337.htm