SOLAR CAPACITANCE = CAPACITANCE WITH NEGATIVE EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE. WHY? BECAUSE OUR SUN'S VISIBLE CORONA IS COMPOSED OF JUST
TWO INGREDIENTS: NEON AND SILICON IN A STATE OF IONIZED PLASMA. IT TURNS OUT THAT NEON SUPPLIES THE NEGATIVE RESISTANCE WHILE SILICON
SUPPLIES THE CAPACITANCE. THE AMMANN BROTHERS PROBABLY HAD A NOBLE GAS, SUCH AS: NEON OR ARGON OR HELIUM, INSIDE OF THEIR TWO HOLLOW
COPPER SPHERES THE INSIDE OF WHICH WAS COATED WITH TWO THIN LAYERS. THE INNER LAYER WAS QUARTZ SILICA OR CALCIUM FERRITE. THE OUTER
LAYER WAS ALUMINUM OXIDE (ALUMINA) REPRESENTED BY THE DIODE (SINCE DIODES IN THOSE DAYS WERE MADE OF A BORAX OR BAKING SODA SOLUTION
INTO WHICH IS IMMERSED TWO ELECTRODES. THE CATHODE WAS ALUMINA WHILE THE ANODE WAS ANYTHING ELSE – USUALLY LEAD IN THOSE DAYS.
I WONDER HOW BISMUTH WOULD PERFORM? THE TWO COPPER RODS ATTACHED BELOW EACH SPHERE (IN THE PHOTOGRAPH) ARE ACTUALLY A SINGLE
ROD WHICH IS BENT IN THE MIDDLE CONNECTING THE TWO SPHERES TOGETHER.