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- To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
- Subject: 165 foot sparks
- From: Gary Weaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 07:41:08 -0800
Sence we are all interested in makeing sparks and seeing sparks I thought I would mention this. Although this is not Tesla I think many may be interested. Oak Ridge in Knoxville TN. has a free museum. They demonstrate a small Van DeGraff several times a day at the museum. About 10 miles from the museum is a 16 story building housing the worlds largest Van DeGraff generator. I was told at the museum that visitors can enter the building and look at the Van DeGraff threw the glass windows. This Van GeGraff produces 165 foot long sparks. No one is allowed inside the generator room while it is running but you can look threw the glass. I have seen the building from a distance but not been inside yet. I arrived late and stayed at the museum until it closed and didn't have time to visit the Van DeGraff. I stopped at the museum last summer on a return trip from Washington D.C. where I visited the Smithsonian for a week. The Smithsonian is free also, your tax money pays for it. The Smithsonian is the only place in the United States that I know of where you can spend your 2 week vacation and its all FREE. Your tax money paid for it so you should see it. Vacation season is on it way so check these things out. I have seen lots of pictures of Tesla's Tower and Coils. Does any of this stuff still exist somewhere in a museum? If so where is it? Gary Weaver
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