Nicola Tesla's patent (U.S. Patent No. 787,412) in 1901 titled "Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant Energy" explores and explains these concepts:
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A: Plates Exposed to Ambient Radiation
The plates are the primary interface for capturing radiant energy from the environment. Core Property: Captures radiant energy from the environment. Optional Property: May be made of a material that is highly insulating and transparent to radiant energy for increased efficiency. -
B: Connection to Earth (Grounding)
Grounding the plates creates a potential difference, making it possible for the radiant energy to be directed into the system. Core Property: Creates a potential difference. Optional Property: Could potentially be substituted with another form of creating a differential, according to Tesla. -
C: Energy Storage (Capacitors)
The capacitors store the radiant energy that has been captured and directed into the system by the plates and grounding. Core Property: Creates a potential difference. Optional Property: Could potentially be substituted with another form of creating a differential, according to Tesla.
Triadic Relations:
- A → B: The act of capturing radiant energy through the plates sets up a requirement for grounding, essentially initiating a cause for the grounding to occur. This aligns with the core property of A setting up the initial conditions for energy capture.
- B → C: Once the grounding establishes a potential difference, it serves as the cause for the energy to be stored in the capacitors. This reflects the core property of B inducing the flow of energy.
- ¬A → ¬C: If there's no radiant energy being captured by the plates, then there would be no energy to store, making C irrelevant. This indicates that the absence of A causes the absence of C.
- A → B: Exposure to radiant energy via plates leads to a need for grounding. (A: Sets up the initial conditions for energy capture. B: Induces the flow of energy by creating a potential difference)
- B → C: Grounding causes the stored energy to accumulate. (B: Creates the potential difference needed for flow. C: Consummates the causal chain by storing the energy)
- ¬A → ¬C: Absence of exposure to radiant energy would result in an absence of stored
- A → B: Plates capturing energy necessitates grounding for stability. (A: Captures the initial energy. B: Stabilizes the energy flow by creating a potential difference)
- B → C: Grounding leads to stabilized stored energy. (B: Creates a potential difference for flow. C: Stabilizes the energy in a stored form)
- C → A: Stored energy reflects back to the necessity of energy capturing plates. (C: Stores the energy. A: Necessitates the initial capturing of energy)
- A → B: Capturing radiant energy through the plates necessitates grounding to stabilize the energy flow, aligning with the core property of A capturing the initial energy.
- B → C: Grounding stabilizes the flow of energy, leading to its stable storage in the capacitors, which corresponds to the core property of B creating a potential difference.
- C → A: The stored energy in C reflects back on the necessity for the plates to capture the initial energy, thereby stabilizing the system as a whole. This aligns with C's core property of storing the energy for later use.
Equilibrium Triad
If we consider the absence of these components, their equilibrium relations become evident:
- Without plates exposed to ambient radiation, grounding serves no purpose (¬A ↔ ¬B).
- Without grounding, there's no way to store the collected energy (¬B ↔ ¬C).
- Without a storage mechanism, the plates capturing radiant energy would be pointless (¬A ↔ ¬C).
Stabilization Triad
- The presence of plates exposed to ambient radiation enhances the effectiveness of grounding (A → B).
- Grounding stabilizes the storage of energy in the capacitors (B → C).
- The energy storage mechanisms, in turn, validate the purpose of the plates capturing radiant energy (C → A).
Counterbalance Triad
- A lack of grounding counterbalances the efficacy of plates in capturing radiant energy (¬B → ¬A).
- An absence of energy storage would counteract the grounding's utility (¬C → ¬B).
- Without plates capturing radiant energy, the need for energy storage is nullified (¬A → ¬C).