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Re: What IS special about a Tesla coil?
Gavin:
Thanks for the nice replay and outlook on Tesla. I agree with you
completely, and wish he were here to continue his research.
Best Wishes,
Gene Lambert
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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: What IS special about a Tesla coil?
> Original Poster: "Gavin Dingley" <gavin.dingley-at-astra.ukf-dot-net>
>
> Hi Gene,
> I agree with you that Tesla only looked to the future and never dwelled to
much
> on the past. However if he was to come back, then perhaps he could carry
on
> from
> where he left off.
> High energy physics has not evolved much further from when he left the
scene,
> this is probably because most of the world's best minds are directed
toward the
> computer and telecommunications industry. Even with the advent of
relativity
> theory and quantum mechanics, plasma and high energy physics has not gone
very
> fare. This is mainly because such research needs hardware, not complex
theory.
> The hardware used in today's particle physics is pretty conventional stuff
> (I am
> referring to the energy part, the detectors are pretty advanced
technology).
> There are particle accelerators that use standing electromagnetic waves,
> however
> they are powered by basically high power radio transmitters. Yet any
coiler
> will
> acknowledge that a disruptive discharge coil can convert more power than
any
> solid state device or thermionic valve driven system.
> We get usable technology from playing around with hardware, not mucking
around
> with theory about what may be happening on the other side of the universe.
> Edison and Tesla made more of a contribution on our lives than Einstein or
Max
> Plank. Even the tunnel diode, the first device to work on the principles
of
> quantum mechanics, was discovered by a manufacturing error in a diode
factory.
> In short we did not need to know about quantum tunneling to benefit from
it.
> I am afraid to say I have more admiration for some of the people on this
list
> than I do for Hawkins, as they will probably do more for humanity in their
> research than he.
> So bring back Tesla (metaphorically) and get some real mind blowing
technology
> going, like we had a hundred years ago, not the advanced paper shuffling
> technology that dominates our world today (Internet, Computers, Digital
T.V.
> etc...).
>
> Sorry if I have upset anybody,
>
> Gavin, U.K.
>
> Tesla List wrote:
>
> > Original Poster: "tesla" <tesla-at-cyberverse-dot-com>
> >
> > <SNIP>
> > Noah, If terry and Bob would digress, and let me, a fellow lurker
attempt to
> > answer this question, (even though I am NO Nikola Tesla, I feel somewhat
> > qualified to answer THIS question.) :)
> >
> > I believe that Tesla might be dismissive of the Tesla group, period. Oh
yes.
> > he *might* find some inner fascination with a bunch of guys trying to
better
> > his genius at building coils, but Tesla's personality was to not look
back.
> > I think that making the tesla coil was mostly a means to an end for
him.
> > (Yes, I do remember that he did find lightning fascinating.) However, in
> > today's world, I suspect that he would find everything changed enough to
go
> > into a whole new line of research.
> >
> > Gene
> >
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