Re: Research paper on TCs -Ideas?

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

OK.. it's an English class assignment, so filling the paper with 
mathematical derivations isn't going to win points.. But, perhaps you could 
look at something along the lines of Tesla coils going from laboratory 
curiosity, to potential wireless power transmission, to laboratory/hobby 
curiosity, but with the interesting twist of some professional use.  You 
could also "compare and contrast" this aspect of coils to other technology 
developed in the 19th century, citing appropriate examples gleaned from 
research.

Another alternative.. Were Tesla's experiments with high frequency and high 
voltage, exemplified by the tesla coil, and the demonstrations thereof at 
lectures and exhibitions, an essential adjunct to the eventual acceptance 
of AC for power distribution.  That is, while coils may not not necessarily 
be useful per se, coils provided an essential "advertising show" for 
getting interest and eventual acceptance of AC for power 
distribution.  Would Westinghouse have ever talked to Tesla, if Tesla 
hadn't been a "showman"?

Can you show how the tesla coil was an example of the "brave new world" of 
technology in the Industrial Revolution, and how the inherent social 
conflicts of the Industrial revolution even had effects in literature and 
art. Jules Verne was a bit earlier than Tesla, and you probably don't want 
to bring in Upton Sinclair, but, you get the idea.





At 11:14 PM 11/5/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "CJ Moore by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><xowoe-at-cox-dot-net>
>
>You might have an easier time writing a paper on Tesla (the man) then the
>machines.
>If you wrote it on him instead you could just have something on the lines of
>"he was a great man bla bla, faced with challenges bla bla, and achieved bla
>bla" fluff it up a little and you have a thesis.
>
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> > Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> >
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > My 12th grade english teacher just assigned us to write a research paper
>on
> > whatever we want to write about. I thought it would be really neat if I
>did
> > something on Tesla coils, but I have no idea on how I could do that in
> > thesis statement form.(give a statement, then provide evidence to prove
>it)
> > So do any of you have any idea on something that's not too technical (my
> > teacher wouldn't understand it, and neither would I) that I could do?
>Thanks.
> >
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> > "Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all
> > of them yourself."-unknown
> >
> >
> >