Re: Tesla List

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• Subject: Re: Tesla List
• From: John Williams <jwilliams-at-edm-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 19:24:07 -0600
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• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Well,
	In this context a "mill" is not short for millimeter.
A mill here means one thousandth of an inch.  Mill being
short for the Latin "millesimus" meaning a thousandth.

>Original Poster: "Mantic ..." <citnam-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>Hi Everyone...
>
>   I know this is a little off of the subject, but after reading through
>many coiler's HOWTO's and such, I got quite confused when one person said: 1
>millimeter = .001 inch, and another: 1 millimeter = .01 inch. I know for a
>fact that: 1 inch = 25.4 millimeters, which would mean: 1 millimeter = .039
>inches. A little different from what the others were sayin'. I have gotten
>very disgruntled from these documents.
>
>   Ok, so starting fresh: What exactly is the math behind making cap.'s
>suitable for Tesla Coils? (Better yet, the spec's.)  More specifically
>rolled and plate cap.'s... Understanding that 1 inch = 25.4 millimeters. How
>many inches thick of a dielectric do I need for a coil about 10kVAC?
>And what are the physical dimensions? I tried everything reasonable, (math
>wise, not actual) and nothing would even come close to .001 uFD's.
>
>
>---Mikey D.
>
>
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