200ft Coils (was Re: - Parts search)

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• Subject: 200ft Coils (was Re: - Parts search)
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• Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 08:13:31 -0500
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Subject:       200ft Coils (was Re: - Parts search)
       Date:   Thu, 8 May 1997 18:30:01 +1200
       From:   "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization:  Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
         To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


Hi all,
        This one's directed at Robert Stephens.......

>        From:  robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org (Robert Michaels)
> Organization: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
>          To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com

Who wrote....

>                 The 200-ft. (length -?) coil is urban legend on this
>                 List and was the subject of several threads circa a
>                 year ago (check the archive?).
> 
>                 Essentially one poster (who is otherwise prolific
>                 and sometimes even knowledgeable) claimed to have
>                 produced such a coil commercially.  Yet no photos
>                 or other documentation seems to exist.  Several
>                 other frequent contributors to the List dispute
>                 the existence of such a coil.   (I'm refraining
>                 from naming names lest I err -- perhaps others
>                 will chime in on this).

I recently saw the name "Labine" (first name Jerry in the context in 
which I remember seeing it). To another urban legend associated with 
a Mr Labine. What ever became of the 1000 foot sparks from the 3.5kW 
or so????

Malcolm

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