Re: cockroff

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi John, All, 


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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" < 
> Mildewhaus-at-aol-dot-com> 
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> Forgive my lack of knowledge but ,all week on the list is"cockroff" . Now 
> of 
> course this is H.V. but exactly what? How does it work? How is a simple 
> one(if there is such a thing) made? Thanks guys,the list still amazes me! 
>                                                    john in nyc 



Sir John D Cockcroft and Ernest T.S. Walton developed the first linear 
particle accelerator. A Cockroft-Walton Generator as it is known was still 
being used at Argonne National Laboratory when I was visiting there in '86 to 
provide first stage acceleration (750 Kev) for their synchrotron. 
Matt D.