Re: Paper Capacitors

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• Subject: Re: Paper Capacitors
• From: PAUL MILLOTT <paulmil-at-ibm-dot-net>
• Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 06:25:25 GMT

>> Subject: Re: Paper Capacitors
>> 
>> In defence of the bottles used by Tesla, they were perfect for adding
>> and subtracting capacitance to "fine tune" his coil and to study the
>> difference capacitance / inductance had on his circuits. 

Question regarding bottle caps?

Modern bottles are made of plastic. Anyone know the breakdown voltage of the
modern bottle? Can it be used in the same way, giving us a lot less chance
of harm if it does go bang! It can also give the variable capacitance if it
works.

Paul Millott.
>> 
>> I can't believe you guys neglect to add the fact that NOTHING is as
>> good for making the minor increments he wanted to research as
>> "bottle" caps! Add a little more salt water and the bottle sinks
>> alittle more and VOILA

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