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Re: Magnifier Coil form



Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: NickandSim-at-aol-dot-com
> 
> Hi All,
>          I was wondering if anyone had though of using a squirrel cage like
> form for the secondary of a magnifier.  if you used glass laboratory stirring
> rods as the 'bars' of the sqirrel cage it would be much better than card or
> wood and have the advantage of not being water permeable.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Nick Field

	First coil I ever saw was at an Engineer's week show at the University
of Missouri, about 1939.  It used exactly that construction, although
the rods were wood.  Had a big rotary gap and made a really mean sound.

Ed