Re: coherers

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> Ed, i said carbide but i should have said hardened metal, the device looked
> somewhat like a microtome used for specimen samples. Another machine i
> recall used 2 steel plates with the ends cut on a 45,wires came across the
> plates at an angle,pressure and side movement feed the wire out, a cam
> lifted and applied pressure,parts were sheared at the 45 angle. I recall
> this from 30 years ago when i was into crystal radios,coherers and the such.
> My library of books and papers from that era are long gone. Some of the
> coherer stuff i had years ago came from England and Germany. beyond that i
> draw a blank. cul brian f.

	Too bad, but thanks for trying.

Ed