Re: Ball Lightning from high-amp discharge

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 


     This new group was scientifically rigorous enough NOT to call 
their observed phenomenon ball lightning, but to indicate that it may 
have a similar type of  mechanism of formation. and some similar behaviors.
This brings up an interesting epistemological question.Is it possible 
to RE-create something in a laboratory if you don't know what IT is 
to start with?

Matt D.
part-time insomniac

In a message dated 1/14/07 1:00:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>

But if anyone here has an appropriate supply, there's still something
they
can explore:  striking those balls with a TC discharge.   Corum and
Corum
noted that the small BLs that they created with two mis-tuned TCs would
grow much larger after being hit with a streamer.

  Hey Bill,
     Did  you get my offlist email?   Anyway,   I don't think these
guys quite got it the way Tesla did.....but it was a cool video.
Mike