Shrunken Coin Auctions win $101.00 for Tesla Yard Sale!

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

All,

Well, it's 12:01 AM in Woodridge, IL and we now have our auction
winners:

2 Quarters:		Tony Greer	$40.00
1 Sacagawea Dollar:	Bob Thaden	$61.00
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                       To Tesla List:  $101.00

Thanks again to everyone who participated! The funds will go to a great
cause! 

Best regards,

-- Bert --






Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> Hey,
> I was wondering if the electrodes of a jacob's ladder could be put inside a
> sealed jar filled with low pressure argon or helium so a longer arc could be
> obtained from a lower powered source? This way a flyback that could produce a
> 1/2-1" arc might be able to do two inches and have a thicker arc
resembling the
> streamers of commercial plasma globes.
> 
> Mark

-- 
Bert Hickman
Stoneridge Engineering
Email:    bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net
Web Site: http://www.teslamania-dot-com