Re: book

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Which is why including the original reference for the information is
important.  If you have the original reference, you have something to start
evaluating with.  Take, for example, the wealth of information about the
"quarter wave wire length".... One should discuss this, if only to point out
how earlier writers were "mislead", and how modern modeling helps.

Many times, approximations or assumptions are made (unsaid, because they
were "common knowledge" at the time), that are no longer valid.

For instance, in Tesla's day, much less was known about: the ionosphere,
ionized gases, HV breakdown, insulation technology, etc.

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Subject: Re: book


> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
> Any attempt at writing a reference text for unsophisticated readers (on
> any technical subject) has in it the potential for publishing incorrect
> material which could lead to failure for the reader, with consequent
> waste of time, perhaps money, and emotional energy.  There is a lot of
> nonsense floating around on the subject of Tesla coil construction (on
> lots of other topics too, of course) and from some of the notes posted
> here I suspect that the authors have been misled by bum information and
> experienced on or more of these failures.  Peer review is an essential
> for the preparation any legitimate reference work.  If the "peers"
> disagree on some topic the author/editor has a warning signal indicating
> further work is needed.
>
> Ed
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