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Re: Tesla magnifying transmitter



In a message dated 00-01-05 05:14:51 EST, you write:

<< Original Poster: Docktex-at-aol-dot-com 
 
> I've been reading books on Nickola Telsa and have noticed many differences 
in 
> "storys" of what he had accomplished.  Of these one that I would like to 
know 
> is what the true voltage was of tesla's highest power experiment in 
Colorado 
> Springs?  I have seen in one book that it was 12 million volts.  In another 
> book it was 20 million.  in yet another it was 100 million.  All of these 
> books had said the arc length was 135 feet.
  >>

Longest sparks were 31 feet or so, highest voltage was maybe 1/2 to
1 million volts or so at the very most, I would think.

Cheers,
John Freau