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Death Ray - a serious proposal ;)
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From: Tom [SMTP:tomg-at-avicom-dot-net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 12:17 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Death Ray - a serious proposal ;)
Here is an idea:
Launch a small rocket, similar to a model rocket, directly from the torid.
This method is used to induce lightning strikes to a specific point on the
ground.
Tom
Tesla List wrote:
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> From: Scott Stephens [SMTP:stephens-at-enteract-dot-com]
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 1998 11:11 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: Death Ray - a serious proposal ;)
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> At 03:32 PM 2/1/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >
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> >From: Alan Sharp [SMTP:100624.504-at-compuserve-dot-com]
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> >I don't think I'd want anyone to try this given that
> >mixing water and electricity usually ensures a swift
> >and early demise. But I thought you would all enjoy it.
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> >GIGANTIC DEATH-RAY PROJECTOR
> >Build yourself a squirt gun. Power it with a couple hundred
> >PSI air compressor...
>
> >another cable.Install the entire thing in the main terminal of a
> >large TC.
>
> Someone beat me to it. Just wait till they start making ultra-violet
> injection laser diodes. Just ionize a path through the air with UV...
>
> After watching the microwave oven plasma ball, I was thinking the same trick
> might work with it, using a microwave beam to stress the air in a path. But
> it would be more difficult, requiring the means to ignite a plasma and
> couple energy to it, and not cook yourself with the microwaves. But the
> effect should be quite stunning.
>
> Along similar lines, I could post instructions I recently discovered for
> building your own improvised nuke, with a TV set, and some depleted ore.
> Interesting article, but I'll have to kill you after you read it ;)