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Re: 100 meter sparks (picture of GE machines!)
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Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks (picture of GE machines!)
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 18:59:55 -0600
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From: Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod@pacbell.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 5:35 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks (picture of GE machines!)
Adam Smith wrote:
> >General Electric had a 10 MEV impulse generator in operation at the 1939
> >World's Fair. One machine was plus 5 MEV and the second was minus 5 MEV --
> >reported spark length was 60 ft between the two units (at least in the
> >photo I saw). This was in the GE building -- perhaps it was called the
> >Russian Pavilion?
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> I have two photos of this 1939 World's Fair exhibit. I have scanned them
> and put them on my webserver, so you can all look if you are curious:
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> http://www.tiac.com/users/absmith/impulse.jpg
> http://www.tiac.com/users/absmith/impulse2.jpg
Wow, cool pics!! Looks like a Colcroft-Walton arrangement, but... what
would
they have used for rectifiers? Cold cathode tubes?
Do you have any specs or info as to the theory of operation?
-GL