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Re: Elementary Lecture



If anybody has a good adult coiler answer to "why sparks come off the top",
I'd be interested.
Dave H.

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: James Mereness <"mereness"-at-dti-dot-net (Jamie Mereness)>
>
> I have agreed to do a short demo/lecture for a friend's 4-6th grade
> gifted class here in NYC.  I will bring my smaller coil, a radically
> modified Info. Unlimited BTC-4 (will happily discuss that whole
> adventure in another thread if anyone is interested).  I'm trying to
> figure out the most simple, concise and valid Tesla coil metaphors, so I
> can attempt to give these kids a general conceptual understanding of the
> coils operation.  If anyone has good grade school answers to "why do
> sparks come off the top" and "why does the fluorescent light glow", I'd
> love to hear them.