A sanskrit poem describing production of electricty in Agastya Samhitha
NOTE: (Usage of two consecutive letters is for its actual pronounciation)
SAMSTHAAPYA MRUNMAYE PAATHRE THAAMRA PATHRAM SUSHOBHITHAM
CHAADHAYE CHIKIGREEVENA CHAARDHAABHIHI KAASHTAPAAMSHUBHIHI
DHASTHAALOSHTO NIGHAATHAVYAHA PAARADHAASHCHA DHITHASTHAHA
SAMYOGA JAYATHE THEJO MITHRAAVARUNASANGNITHAM
ANENA JALABHAMGOSTHI PRAANO DHAANESHU VAAYUSHU
Meaning: Place copper plates in a pot and cover it with wet coal powder and saw dust. The next layer is copper sulphate powder and this layer is covered with mercury. Due to the chemical reactions which take place in the pot positive and negative charges are produced. As a result of produced charges water is dissociated to Hydrogen and Oxygen
EVAM SHATHAANAAM KHUMBHAANAAM SAMYOGAHA KARYAKRUTH SMRUTHAHA
VAYUBHANDHAKA VASTHRENA NIBHADDHO YANAMASTHAKE
UDHAAN SVALAGHATHVE VIBHARTHYA KASHAYANAKAM
Meaning: When pots as explained above placed in hundreds of numbers, Hydrogen (weight less than weight of air) is sufficiently produced which when caught in a leak proof bag (eg. big balloon) , it can be used to make a flying vehicle...