This is an amazing German manuscript from circa 1671. It's called Kunst Buch von allerhandt rahren undt schönen inventionen so wohl in der Feuerwerckerey Kunst als auch in der Büchsenmeisterey zusammen and was written by Andreas Räbel, a pyrotechnician.
An original work of a 17th century pyrotechnician, with the formulas he used to make fireworks. This is a manual how to make and use them, in which the author betrays secret recipes for the construction of rockets, flares, bombs. Ingredients are specified: camper, antimony, coal, tin, orpiment, chalk, tree oil, mercury, line oil, brandy, ammonium, arcanuni, chlroide, resin, and a host of other untranslatable elements. The fireworks that Räbel describes come in all forms and shapes. Descriptions follow for the construction of rocket posts, launchers, and fixtures to be mounted on buildings, small castles, and castles. Shown in finely colored pen drawings, labeled with reference numbers and letters and provided with a scale. Detonators are describes, small bombs, smoke-balls, balls of light, fireballs, storm-balls, big guns, fireworks and hundreds of other instructions. He also narrates the memorable wedding of Emperor Leopold von Habsburg with Margarita Theresa of Spain on December 12, 1666.
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Nikola Tesla Produced Ball Lightning In His Experiments At Colorado Springs
After describing some photographs of his laboratory in his Colorado Springs Notes, Nikola Tesla gave commentary on certain photographs explaining some transformations of the streamers. He mentions the splitting of streamers near the floor, splitting and reuniting, the phenomenon of luminous parts on the streamers (which he then refers to as sparks, or even arcs), and the breaking up of sparks into streamers and, what he called "fireballs." Today these fireballs are called "Ball Lightning." His remarks concerning the genesis of ball lightning are incredibly interesting. This phenomenon has been a source of interest since ancient times. Researching the topic, one can find references that can be found on Etrurian monuments, in the works of Aristotle, Lucretius and other old sources. Ball lightning is considered to be a form of electrical discharge generated during thunderstorms. They are rare in nature, and are still an unexplained phenomenon even today. Some hypotheses hold that ball lightning is an optical illusion similar to when one gets hit on the head and sees stars (an opinion shared by Tesla until he produced them himself), and with others that they are the traces of meteors. The first genuine scientific approach to the problem was Francois Arago's analysis of some twenty reports of ball lightning in 1838. After the publication of his work they became a legitimate subject of scientific interest, but to this day have remained something of an enigma.
A ball lightning is a luminous sphere occurring during a thunderstorm. According to witnesses, they are usually red, but other colors have also been observed: yellow, green, white and blue. Their dimensions vary, and unlike ordinary lightning, they move slowly, almost parallel to the ground. They sometimes stop and change their direction of motion, and can last for up to 5 seconds. Apparently, their properties vary greatly from different observations so it is believed that there are various types. As of today, no single theory has been able to explain the occurrence of ball lightning in nature, and despite numerous attempts, only a few types of ball lightning have been created, and not entirely successfully, in laboratories around the world.
Tesla's hypothesis on the origin and maintenance of ball lightning includes some points which can also be found in the most recent theories, but it also bears the stamp of the time. For instance, in his Colorado Springs Notes while noting some of his experiments, Tesla considers that the initial energy of the nucleus is not sufficient to maintain the ball, but that there must be an external source of energy. According to Tesla, this energy comes from other lightnings passing through the nucleus, and the concentration of energy occurs because of the resistance of the nucleus, i.e. the greater energy-absorbing capacity of the rarefied gas than the surrounding gas through which the discharge passes. In nature the probability of other discharges passing through the nucleus of a ball lightning is small, so according to other researchers, Pyotr Kapista's (a soviet physicist) hypothesis that they act via electromagnetic standing waves is most logical. It is possible that in Tesla’s experiments the "passage" of a number of later discharges through the same nucleus was more frequent.
All in all, Tesla's work is a revolutionary one and should be studied. His laboratory experiments and his creation of the ball lightning on numerous occasions is far beyond time. Most definitely a scientist ahead of his time.
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My holiday coming to an end I’m out tonight that’s a good thing. Few fireballs to start the night 😁💥💥💥
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Falling Star Phenomenon
https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=s56f3WZNIJq
Great Balls Of Fire
https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=FYtD8J6D4Dh
EVPs Mentioning Jesus Ghost Spirit Angel Voices EVP
https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=YSfDSSbrgQi
These are some amazing paranormal stories from Anthony Giarrusso.
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