re: Interesting bit of info on spark gaps and UV

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: re: Interesting bit of info on spark gaps and UV
From: "Bill the arcstarter" <arcstarter-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 06:17:34 -0700
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Bert Poole wrote:
>"Prof. Zickler, of Brunn, has shown that a telegraphic instrument can 
>be actuated at considerable distances by ultraviolet light. He 
>employs a powerful arc lamp as his transmitter, using a screen of 
>glass, to produce flashes of the ultraviolet  beam. The receiver is 
>regulated to just below the sparking point. He was able to produce an 
>effect at 200 meters. It is extremely interesting to physicists to 
>learn that the easily absorbed ultraviolet light can influence a 
>spark discharge at so great a distance."

Sounds interesting - how about a small sync motor with a disk on the 
shaft.  A hole in the disk allows UV from a carbon arc to pass through 
the disk at the appropriate instant fall onto the gap element!  That 
would be easy to build! (and it might even work)

-Bill



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