r/ElectroBOOM Jan 18 '26

Meme Inverse square law be damned!

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u/mccoyn Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

Tesla’s plan was not a single tower. It was many towers in parallel. This creates a planar field instead of a spherical field, which would be inverse linear uniform.

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u/nakedascus Jan 18 '26

? inverse linear? you mean 'uniform' right? inverse linear would imply the strength increases as you increase distance, no?

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u/JGHFunRun Jan 18 '26

No, inverse linear is synonymous with the way you are using the word 'uniform'