Re: Tesla's capacitors

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Tesla's capacitors
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 02:36:49 -0500
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From: 	richard hull[SMTP:rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net]
Sent: 	Wednesday, July 23, 1997 3:07 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Tesla's capacitors

At 11:12 AM 7/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>From: 	Michael Smith[SMTP:md.smith-at-usa-dot-net]
>Reply To: 	md.smith-at-usa-dot-net
>Sent: 	Monday, July 21, 1997 12:37 PM
>To: 	tesla list
>Subject: 	Tesla's capacitors
>
>Hi again, 
>
>I have been curious what information about Tesla's capacitors is known.
>How did he, and from what materials did he construct his caps, back in
>the days before all these groovy materials were available. I picture some
>giant mica capacitors, but would like to know what there is to know about
>it....
>
>Michael Smith
>md.smith-at-usa-dot-net
>
>
>
>Tesla used only salt water capacitors for his big stuff!!!  For extremely
minature medical and demo systems he had mica capacitors constructed.  Mica
could never be used in his big systems.  His voltages were far too high.

Richard Hull, TCBOR