Harnessing Nature’s Electricity

Remarkable European Experiments with Atmospheric Voltage Electrical Discharges with Potentials as High as 3,000,000 Volts An article about three German studends who experiment with obtaining electrical energy from the air, the methods and the system they use, and how the electrical discharges are measured. by Henry Townsend, from Science and Invention, June 1928 The above…

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Power from the Air follow-up

Science and Invention, formerly Electrical Experimenter An article that reviews Plauson’s elaborate work on the subject of extracting of electrical energy from the atmosphere: methods used for collecting electricity from the upper air, practical details. from Science and Invention, March 1922 For Many Years Electrical Engineers Have Endeavored to Devise Some Means Whereby It Would…

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Power from the Air

Science and Invention, formerly Electrical Experimenter An article about Plauson’s invention: a system that will deliver current that can be used for industrial purposes. by H. Gernsback, from Science and Invention, February 1922 During the War there was developed in Germany a new art – or science — that bids fair to revolutionize our present…

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Tesla inventions free energy

The New Wizard of the West An interview with Tesla, the Modern Miracle-Worker, who is Harnessing the Rays of the Sun, has Discovered Ways of Transmitting Power without Wires and of Seeing by Telephone; has Invented a Means of Employing Electricity as a Fertiliser; and, Finally, is Able to Manufacture Artificial Daylight. by Chauncy Montgomery…

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