Re: Transtrom's Book

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Steve,

Yes that is indeed "the" great Henry L. Transtrom.  Unfortunately, he is
the first known person to be killed by a Tesla coil :-(((

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/Deaths.txt

Cheers,

	Terry


At 06:53 PM 3/31/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Coilers,
>
>I have a reprinted book "Electricity at High Pressures and Frequencies" by
>Henry L. Transtrom, originally printed in 1921.  Among other things, there
>are a number of stage presentation type photos of him doing really dangerous
>things such as lighting an 80 watt bulb between a tesla coil secondary and a
>metal electrode held in his mouth, and other scary demonstrations of passing
>RF through his body.
>
>Question - is he one of the few who was electrocuted by a Tesla Coil?
>
>--Steve
>
>P.s.  By the way, if anyone wants to buy the book (new condition, 247 pages,
>5" x 7" from Lindsey but I think he no longer stocks it), contact me
>offline.  Whoever makes the best offer over $10 in the next week can have
>it, and I will take care of the postage in the U. S.
>
>