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Death Ray - a serious proposal ;)


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From:  CJ Hill [SMTP:cjhill-at-hills.u-net-dot-com]
Sent:  Tuesday, February 03, 1998 6:55 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Death Ray - a serious proposal ;)


One experiment I tried was to stand a portable soldering iron with a
'pencil flame' on top of the Toroid of my tesla coil.

It's really strange to see the Tesla Coil produce perfectly straight arcs
through the flame!

I would presume that the ionisation in the flame is responsible, and maybe
the steam that is produced as a consequence of the combustion of butane.

I'm sure a candle would work quite well too.

Just remember to keep that fire extinguisher handy (like we don't already
have enough sources of ignition about!)

Chris.


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>Here is an idea:
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>    Launch a small rocket, similar to a model rocket, directly from the
torid.
>    This method is used to induce lightning strikes to a specific point on
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>Tom
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>Tesla List wrote:
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>> From:  Scott Stephens [SMTP:stephens-at-enteract-dot-com]
>> Sent:  Monday, February 02, 1998 11:11 AM
>> To:  Tesla List
>> Subject:  Re: Death Ray - a serious proposal ;)
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>> At 03:32 PM 2/1/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>> >From:  Alan Sharp [SMTP:100624.504-at-compuserve-dot-com]
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>> >I don't think I'd want anyone to try this given that
>> >mixing water and electricity usually ensures a swift
>> >and early demise. But I thought you would all enjoy it.
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>> >GIGANTIC DEATH-RAY PROJECTOR
>> >Build yourself a squirt gun. Power it with a couple hundred
>> >PSI air compressor...
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>> >another cable.Install the entire thing in the main terminal of a
>> >large TC.
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>> Someone beat me to it. Just wait till they start making ultra-violet
>> injection laser diodes. Just ionize a path through the air with UV...
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>> After watching the microwave oven plasma ball, I was thinking the same
trick
>> might work with it, using a microwave beam to stress the air in a path. But
>> it would be more difficult, requiring the means to ignite a plasma and
>> couple energy to it, and not cook yourself with the microwaves. But the
>> effect should be quite stunning.
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>> Along similar lines, I could post instructions I recently discovered for
>> building your own improvised nuke, with a TV set, and some depleted ore.
>> Interesting article, but I'll have to kill you after you read it ;)
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