Corona Discharges on von Reichenbach’s Terrellae?
In the 1840s, extensive experimentation led von Reichenbach to postulate an ‘Odic force’ associated with ‘Odic light’ or ‘magnet light’, of which the polar aurora would be an example in space. The physical nature of the visible phenomena reported by his assistants during the experiments has never be...
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| description | In the 1840s, extensive experimentation led von Reichenbach to postulate an ‘Odic force’ associated with ‘Odic light’ or ‘magnet light’, of which the polar aurora would be an example in space. The physical nature of the visible phenomena reported by his assistants during the experiments has never been satisfactorily identified. It is argued that ‘Od’ compares to plasma or ionised gas, while at least a subset of the investigations, conducted on terrellae, represented the first experimental work on corona discharges. Accordingly, the glows on the terrellae cannot be directly compared to the aurora.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d0c288d39a049a995ea6ec7bd5aaa9b2022-12-22T01:26:25ZengSSEJournal of Scientific Exploration0892-33102022-08-0136210.31275/20222197Corona Discharges on von Reichenbach’s Terrellae?Marinus Van der SluijsIn the 1840s, extensive experimentation led von Reichenbach to postulate an ‘Odic force’ associated with ‘Odic light’ or ‘magnet light’, of which the polar aurora would be an example in space. The physical nature of the visible phenomena reported by his assistants during the experiments has never been satisfactorily identified. It is argued that ‘Od’ compares to plasma or ionised gas, while at least a subset of the investigations, conducted on terrellae, represented the first experimental work on corona discharges. Accordingly, the glows on the terrellae cannot be directly compared to the aurora. http://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/2197 |
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| title | Corona Discharges on von Reichenbach’s Terrellae? |
| title_full | Corona Discharges on von Reichenbach’s Terrellae? |
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| title_short | Corona Discharges on von Reichenbach’s Terrellae? |
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