Re: 100 meter sparks - 'Prodical Genius' book tells otherwi

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Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks - 'Prodical Genius' book tells otherwi
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Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 22:28:38 -0600
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From: 	Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: 	Sunday, November 02, 1997 1:19 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: 100 meter sparks - 'Prodical Genius' book tells otherwi

On Wednesday, October 29, 1997 3:11 PM Malcolm Watts
[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz] wrote;

> > Rod, sorry to burst your bubble but Richard Hull is right, NONE of Tesla's 
> > sparks ever exceeded 25 feet! As for John J. O'neal, the author of Prodigal 
> > Genius, again I am sorry to say but the one thing the guy is NOT noted for 
> > is sticking to reality. He was an occultist and tried on numerous occasions
> > to fradulently use Tesla and Tesla's work to give credance to his ocult 
> > beliefs even when he had to stretch the truth to do so. I give O'neal 
> > credit for writing a book about Tesla but I can not respect him for 
> > twisting the truth about Tesla's work to further his own cause.
> 
> I too can confirm that and by Tesla's own hand no less. In the latter 
> part of CSN near the photos he talked about 50-odd feet *from a 
> streamer tip on one side of the coil to a streamer tip on the 
> opposite side*. He didn't mention the 8' of coil diameter in between. 
> He then speculated that if he unravelled all the twists and curls in 
> the sparks he might get around 100' but that doesn't count in the 
> point-to-point stakes.
 
Very observant, Malcolm, it was that very line that gave people like John 
J. O'neal 'writters licence' to edit out everything BUT the 100' part and
thus the mythology was started.

                               Sincerely

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