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Circles Effect and Its Mysteries (edition 1989)

by George Terence Meaden (Author)

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Title:Circles Effect and Its Mysteries
Authors:George Terence Meaden (Author)
Info:Artetech Publishing Co (1989), Edition: First Edition, 114 pages
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Circles Effect and Its Mysteries by George Terence Meaden

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Terence Meaden is an English Physicist and author of many books on atmospheric vortices, ball lightning, and more recently, stone circles.
This 1990 work pre-dates the present "golden age" of extraordinary works of art which are painted and drawn large in fields across the planet. When Meaden studied them, from the pictures provided, the circles were relatively plain. From these events, he concluded they were caused by spinning air masses [74]. He also sought to document such atmospheric effects as electromagnetism, light, and sound-producing discharges [51], largely, however, by "case study" interviews [52] and observation without measurements. In his "synthesis", Meaden concludes that the remarkable traces are created by "a previously-unrecognized species of atmospheric plasma vortex" [86] with affinities to ball lightning. He "envisages" [93] an "axisymmetric body of fast-spinning air containing an effective but low-density fraction of ionized gas known as plasma", the self-confining vortex of which pumps electrical energy into the volume of air, giving rise to the "luminous discharge" [93-94]. And it pulses. [95] Unfortunately, these conclusions do not derive from or explain the phenomena which he describes in detail upon inspection of the artifacts. For starters, how does theoretical ionization of a dust-devil create the "edging effects", multi-layering, alternate rotation, severity of damage, and asymmetrical designs?
Meaden rejects all other proposals for creation, including the still extant UFO theory, hoaxes, ley lines, and polarity-triggered "sub-surface piezo-electric effects developing form stressbuild-up in fault zones" [88 ff], my personal favorite.
The author provides a Glossary - which is of interest primarily because he provides his own definitions for words otherwise defined by the scientific community -- in case you want to know what he personally means by "ball lightning", "wind" or "plasma". He brilliantly discusses but fails to gloss "sferics" [50], and "focussed electromagnetic-wave resonance" [96] (type of wind laser?), although I cannot imagine why.
Meaden does not find "attitudes of negation" or "blinkered academics" [15] to be very helpful in the conduct of "exciting investigations" [89].
  keylawk | Feb 3, 2007 |
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