Reversible Electrode Effect and Dowsing.

The volumetric charge of the surface air above the objects of study of dowsers is characterized by a reversible electrode effect—an excess of negative charge. The frame, carrying a negative charge equal in density to the earth's charge, makes oscillatory movements in the operator's hand; as a result, the density of the enveloping negative air charge on one side of the horizontal elbow increases. The negative charges of the horizontal bend of the frame and the negative space charge of air are inevitably repulsed. As a mechanical device, the frame is a lever where the pushing forces will be resisted by the frictional force of the vertical knee in the operator's hand. As a result, the repulsive forces between the negative air charge and the negative charge of the horizontal knee will multiply in proportion to the ratio of the distance from the point of application of forces to the horizontal knee to the radius of the vertical knee. Field and laboratory experiments confirm this hypothesis of the atmospheric–electrical nature of the rotation of the horizontal knee of the frame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]