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Re: What IS special about a Tesla coil?

Gavin,
        I like your attitude.  More real nuts and bolts work than theory.  I
am so new though, I do need some theory,
lest I p*** off those much more knowledgeable in this field.  But, I am
interested and I am learning.  I guess that's where it
starts.  So, I plan to cook some things by mistake and fry some others in
pursuit of enlightenment really soon.  But, my
main plan includes trying to come up with applications for the TC.  A tall
order for someone of my background.  But maybe,
not knowing what it is said can't be done or not following the natural laws
may shed light on something yet undiscovered or
even unoticed.
Maybe your post should upset people, maybe it will set them in motion.  What
a nice thing that would be.
Good Luck to you,
Jay


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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: What IS special about a Tesla coil?


> Original Poster: "Gavin Dingley" <gavin.dingley-at-astra.ukf-dot-net>
>
> Hi Gene,
> I agree with you that Tesla only looked to the future and never dwelled to
much
> on the past. However if he was to come back, then perhaps he could carry
on
> from
> where he left off.
> High energy physics has not evolved much further from when he left the
scene,
> this is probably because most of the world's best minds are directed
toward the
> computer and telecommunications industry. Even with the advent of
relativity
> theory and quantum mechanics, plasma and high energy physics has not gone
very
> fare. This is mainly because such research needs hardware, not complex
theory.
> The hardware used in today's particle physics is pretty conventional stuff
> (I am
> referring to the energy part, the detectors are pretty advanced
technology).
> There are particle accelerators that use standing electromagnetic waves,
> however
> they are powered by basically high power radio transmitters. Yet any
coiler
> will
> acknowledge that a disruptive discharge coil can convert more power than
any
> solid state device or thermionic valve driven system.
> We get usable technology from playing around with hardware, not mucking
around
> with theory about what may be happening on the other side of the universe.
> Edison and Tesla made more of a contribution on our lives than Einstein or
Max
> Plank. Even the tunnel diode, the first device to work on the principles
of
> quantum mechanics, was discovered by a manufacturing error in a diode
factory.
> In short we did not need to know about quantum tunneling to benefit from
it.
> I am afraid to say I have more admiration for some of the people on this
list
> than I do for Hawkins, as they will probably do more for humanity in their
> research than he.
> So bring back Tesla (metaphorically) and get some real mind blowing
technology
> going, like we had a hundred years ago, not the advanced paper shuffling
> technology that dominates our world today (Internet, Computers, Digital
T.V.
> etc...).
>
> Sorry if I have upset anybody,
>
> Gavin, U.K.
>
> Tesla List wrote:
>
> > Original Poster: "tesla" <tesla-at-cyberverse-dot-com>
> >
> > <SNIP>
> > Noah, If terry and Bob would digress, and let me, a fellow lurker
attempt to
> > answer this question, (even though I am NO Nikola Tesla, I feel somewhat
> > qualified to answer THIS question.) :)
> >
> > I believe that Tesla might be dismissive of the Tesla group, period. Oh
yes.
> > he *might* find some inner fascination with a bunch of guys trying to
better
> > his genius at building coils, but Tesla's personality was to not look
back.
> > I think  that making the tesla coil was mostly a means to an end for
him.
> > (Yes, I do remember that he did find lightning fascinating.) However, in
> > today's world, I suspect that he would find everything changed enough to
go
> > into a whole new line of research.
> >
> > Gene
> >
>
>
>
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