F.Y.IWilcke discovered and Volta perfected the "Electrophorus" about 1775 and described the device as "
Elettro Perpetua" since,
after a single initial excitation (charge), under ideal conditions (low humidity and leakage), the device gave off large spark
discharges continually without further recharge - the effect was perpetual.
"If the shield is placed in communication with the prime conductor of an electrostatic machine (fig. 1), with the plate grounded,
the capacitor formed by the shield and the plate, with the resin as dielectric, is strongly charged. If then the shield is touched, with the
plate being touched at the same time (or if the plate and the operator are grounded), the capacitor is discharged by a strong spark,
but a certain amount of charge, that moved to the surface of the resin, is not removed. By rising the shield it's noted that it is now
charged with a polarity opposite to the polarity at the resin surface, also contrary to the polarity of the electrostatic machine used to
charge the device. A similar effect can be obtained by charging the resin B by frictioning it with a dry hand, with a flanel, etc. (fig.5),
placing then the shield over it and touching the shield and the plate, which is the most usual form of charging the electrophorus.
The resin can continue with an useful charge for hours, even for several days, if the humidity of the air is low. It's interesting to note
that the charging method using an electrostatic machine, although clearly mentioned by Volta
(and that works very well, see the video below), i
s practically not mentioned in the posterior literature about the electrophorus."
is a quote from this site:
http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/electrophorus.htmlThe point - many, if not all, the questions have already been answered in one way or another under various
disciplines and topics; however, like in Volta's Electrophorus, some of the various characteristics are quite simply "
practically
not mentioned in the posterior literature."
Also, a focus on fueless generators or BTG has not been a topic of any real technical interest. We are generally educated to believe
it is impossible so we do not seek it, and if we happen to encounter BTG by eureka, or whatever, it is dismissed as an anomaly or error,
thus it is "
practically not mentioned in the posterior literature."
As well; many of the "requirements" for achieving BTG are in fact counter or opposite to what is sought during conventional design
engineering. For example, a super regenerative receiver is quenched long before BTG is reached since the objective is amplification
of an external signal, not a fueless generator. A Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) Amplifier or Magnetron's design goal is not BTG.
The point - consider at least some of the existing relevant theory and science but do it from a 'different' prospective
or point of view and extend the "
practically not mentioned!"
Another Point possibly worth mentioning - pay particular attention to the "double integrals" often found in conventional equations!
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