An altogether different description is given by Nikola Tesla:
"A simple way of supplying positive (electricity) or negative electricity to the terminal is to connect the same either to an insulated conductor, supported at some height in the atmosphere, or to a grounded conductor, the former, as is well known, furnishing positive and the latter negative electricity." [Tesla in Nikola Tesla; Lectures, Patents and Articles, Belgrad 1956]
See Also
Bearden on Tesla and EM Source Charge
Celestial
Electricity
Figure 16.04.05 and Figure 16.04.06 - Nikola Tesla and Lord Kelvin
Magnetism
Negative Electricity
Part 16 - Electricity and Magnetism
Positive Electricity
Terrestrial
Nikola Tesla
Tesla - Electricity from Space
Tesla messages
Tesla shield
two kinds of electricity
What Electricity Is - Bloomfield Moore
7B.21 - Electricity
13.06 - Triple Currents of Electricity
14.35 - Teslas 3 6 and 9
16.04 - Nikola Tesla describing what electricity is
16.07 - Electricity is a Polar Exchange
16.10 - Positive Electricity
16.16 - Negative Electricity - Russell
16.17 - Negative Electricity - Tesla
16.29 - Triple Currents of Electricity