Re: Plasma coil?

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• Subject: Re: Plasma coil?
• From: Dan Gowin <gowin-at-epic-1.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil>
• Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 08:40:26 -0500

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From pgantt-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-comThu Oct 31 21:44:59 1996
> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:11:55 -0800
> From: pgantt-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Plasma coil?
> 
> Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever considered making a secondary coil out
> of gas filled glass, like a neon tube formed in the shape of a coil?  It seems
> to me that an excited gas that produces a plasma may be a pretty good
> conductor.  If nothing else, it might be good for a stage preformance.
> Comments?
> 
> Phil Gantt
> 
> Phil Gantt (pgantt-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com)
> http://www-dot-netcom-dot-com/~pgantt/intro.html

Phil,
	I understand that Jacob Fishman of Lightwriters Neon is
attempting this very thing with an induction heating unit and
some very long neon tubes.

You should be able to contact him at: 

     http://www.mcs-dot-net/~neofish/home.htm

D. Gowin

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