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Re: 5MV pressurised oil immersed bipolar tesla coil by Breit 1930



Original poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: davep <davep-at-quik-dot-com>
>I believe the Breit and Tuve Tesla Coil was intended for a
>particle accelerator.  Same team later took up
>van de Graaff machines for particle acceleators.
>     best
>     dwp
>
>.

Dave and all,

That's correct - see the following article written by Harry Goldman in 1976 
which shows a photograph of the coil and the vacuum tube that was used to 
accelerate electrons.

http://members.aol-dot-com/k3bu/tesla73.htm

Best regards,

-- Bert --
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