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Re: Spark Propadation



Subject:  Re: Spark Propadation
  Date:   Sat, 19 Apr 1997 23:59:56 -0400
  From:   "Lord Talimar" <lordtali-at-mill.tds-dot-net>
    To:   "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


The Laser idea sounds fun.  I have a 2mW HeNe laser here at home I use
to
relax with a bit of Pink Floyd going through a mirror speaker.  Perhaps
when I get my coil running again, I can try to see what that will do.

LT

> 
> Hello Gary,
> 
> "My question is.  Is there any way to make sparks transmit threw the air 
> longer than normal using something like an electronic beam.  Laser beam? 
> Light beam?  Different frequency microwave beam?  Hot air beam?"
> 
> Hey you remember Tesla's infamous 'Particle weapon' (Popular on the
> Non-scientific type lists?, As I do not venture into that region, not to
> sure of the 'proper' term), well all you folks involved in research for
> SDI or related spinoffs should know of the high energy laser devises to
> produce suficient ionization in the atmosphere from which a 'High'
> energy source of electrons or protons could then have a much easyer path
> to the target. So, has any body here on this list actually experimented
> with, say, High power lasers for guidence of the discharge? Flames are
> cool, try some Barium or Strontium salts for added color.
> 
> David Trimmell
>