RE: Caesar.....

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi All,

Indeed!  Although there was talk of trigger gaps in the past, Marc is the
one who finally got them to work.  Others may be playing follow the leader
and refining the art.  But Marc is the one who finally made practical
triggered spark gaps a reality.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 11:03 PM 9/9/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>No one is crediting Marc for the concept of a TSG. But Marc should be given
>credit for the fabrication of an inexpensive TSG. Who can we give back to
>the idea of using a light dimmer control. The idea of building great bridges
>goes all the way back to China, but credits for the Golden Gate Bridge
>belong to the design engineers.
>
>Godfrey Loudner 
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Tesla list [SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
>> Sent:	Sunday, September 09, 2001 9:22 PM
>> To:	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> Subject:	Caesar.....
>> 
>> Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
>> <ludev-at-videotron.ca>
>> 
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> I just feel to tell you a story about a guy on a discussion
>> group; the guy had a really good idea and for two years, time to
>> time, patiently, he try to share is finding. One day every one
>> think he had a good idea and everybody try his finding.
>> 
>> On my email from the group today I extracted these two sentence
>> from two different email:   
>> 
>> 
>> "large RQ, SDgap, and Terry's triggered ( qualifies as multiple
>> due to more than 2 electrodes :)" 
>> 
>> and 
>> 
>> "I'm kind of waiting for Terry and "weazle" McCreath (hope I
>> spelt that right) to perfect and standardize a TSG circuit and
>> then build that circuit for the SG of my coil project."
>> 
>> 
>> May be it's just me but if I was the guy about who I tell you the
>> story, I probably feel cheap. Marc Metlicka was the guy about who
>> I talk about, he try the TSG, long before every one else on this
>> list, I think and if not I was the one who make the promotion of
>> it, he is not the creator of the TSG but the guy who bring it to us.
>> 
>> In french we have an expression " Rendez a Cesar ce qui
>> appartient a Cesar" ( Give back to Caesar what is belong to
>> Caesar ).
>> 
>> I hope I don't make Marc feel embarrass.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Luc Benard
>> 
>> 
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