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Re: Non-tech Question



Hi Ted,
here are a few applications / former uses for the tesla coil.

1) It was the power supply for the first ever particle accelerator (the
cyclotron)

2) Until developments in solid-state technology, tesla coils were used in
medicine (diathermy, still used today).

3) Wireless transmission of electrical energy. Although Tesla's global project
is at best thought of as dubious, certainly small scale systems work. A special
lamp containing a resonant circuit will light without wires in the vicinity of
a TC induction field. Phillips are / were looking into this.

That's a few to be going on with, personally it gives a garage "physicist" such
as myself access to the world of high energy physics. Tesla coils are a
component, what you do with them is up to the inventor him/her self......why
the transistor.

Regards,

Gavin, U.K.

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Ted Rosenberg" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>
>
> To All Coilers...
>
> Ever since I stood in the total darkness of the Hangman's House of Horrors
> last October, playing my theremin to scare folks as they walked by and had
> an idea of building a coil for this upcoming October, I have learned much
> from all the list contributors.
>
> My modest 6 inch coil is well on the way to completion. The concept for the
> use of the coil with appropriate safety measures provided by respected list
> members, has been accepted by the management of the haunted house. I hope
> that it works and is as successful in its intended purpose...to make the
> patrons "wet their pants" as Dr Resonance so aptly put it.
>
> But ever since I began to understand what a Tesla Coil did and having seen
> a reasonably sized one in operation last May and learning what was involved
> in building one, there has been one question that has gone unanswered.
>
> I do not mean to start a war or an unending thread.
>
> That would be my last intention. I owe much to all the posting people whose
> knowledge far exceeds mine in matters Tesla.
>
> But I really want to know why...
> If it were not for the Hangman's House I do not think I would ever really
> want to build a coil.
> But there are those of you who not only start with a coil capable of 6 inch
> streamers and keep building more and more until 10 footers or more are
> attainable. As a challenge, I recognize that.
> People build cars to go faster. Athletes are always trying to better a
> record.
>
> But, what real purpose does a coil have other than to scare someone or
> worse, injure or kill or merely light fluorescent tubes?
>
> Once someone has achieved that 10 foot arc...what becomes of the coil once
> it's power has been shared with all either in person or on the web?
>
> This may sound like blasphemy. But this posting is truly a desire to
> understand something of the philosophy of the coiler that so far has
> escaped me.
>
> The truth is out there and I want to believe...someone once said.
> Help me to understand. And I will thank you all.
>
> Ted Rosenberg