Re: Elementary Lecture

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• Subject: Re: Elementary Lecture
• From: Brandywine <brandywine-at-writeme-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:56:05 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

If anybody has a good adult coiler answer to "why sparks come off the top",
I'd be interested.
Dave H.

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: James Mereness <"mereness"-at-dti-dot-net (Jamie Mereness)>
>
> I have agreed to do a short demo/lecture for a friend's 4-6th grade
> gifted class here in NYC.  I will bring my smaller coil, a radically
> modified Info. Unlimited BTC-4 (will happily discuss that whole
> adventure in another thread if anyone is interested).  I'm trying to
> figure out the most simple, concise and valid Tesla coil metaphors, so I
> can attempt to give these kids a general conceptual understanding of the
> coils operation.  If anyone has good grade school answers to "why do
> sparks come off the top" and "why does the fluorescent light glow", I'd
> love to hear them.

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