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Re: Arc Transmitter



Subject:  Re: Arc Transmitter
  Date:  Tue, 13 May 1997 19:41:29 -0700 (PDT)
  From:  "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
    To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


"I vaguely recall having once read that water-cooled microphones were
used
to handle the high power levels.

Norm"
        That is correct!  Have pictures here in history books, and
also pictures of microphones which attempted to use a running
stream of liquid "for the works" to help handle the heat.  Must
have worked at least a little bit.
Ed