Re: BIG plasma spheres

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Original poster: "Mike Harrison by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk>

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:14:33 -0700, you wrote:

>Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>What's the biggest plasma sphere (i.e. a TC running inside an evacuated
>chamber that has been backfilled with some interesting gas) that has been
>built?  Are any details available?
>
>I've been asked about the feasibility of building a 4 foot(ish) diameter
>hemisphere or spherical display.
neat idea - I was thinking about  you might do this a while ago. One
thought I had to make things simpler is to put the secondary inside,
and the primary outside the envelope, to avoid the need to pass wires
through a seal.