Re: Electrical Oscillators in Space

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Just like in a high voltage vacuum tube or vacuum capacitor, a vacuum as a
> very high dielectric breakdown voltage like (1000kV/mil).  A Tesla coil in
> such a high vacuum could never breakout or make streamers.  All the power
> would go into heating the gaps or the coils up.

Wouldn't the terminal emit electrons when negative? And possibly capture
some back when positive?

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz