Re: Possible Record

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Possible Record
• From: "Steve Young" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:10:05 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Hi list,

If you go to the library or other source of old periodicals, you can find
reports and photos of Golka's coil in action.  See the June 1976 edition of
RADIO-ELECTRONICS magazine.  I quote one paragraph "Golka has achieved
voltage discharges up to 15 million (the highest yet made by man) for a
period of 8 minutes, and sparks rivalling the 20 to 30-footers attributed to
Tesla."  The photos seem to validate the 20-30 foot arc lengths.

Another article with more spectacular pictures is the 20 April 1976 edition
of EDN magazine.  Again, the arcs appear to be considerably under 100 feet
long - more like 20 to 30 feet.

There are also pictures of the coil in action on the web - just search for
"robert k. golka".

--Steve Young
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