Re: Early versions of Tesla's coil

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Original poster: "RMC by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <RMC-at-richardcraven.plus-dot-com>

 > Do they function as an electro-mechanical switch like a relay or buzzer
 > contact
 > or are they part of a normal static spark gap with the lever simply being
 > used to adjust the gap setting?

The contacts merely act as a static gap. The design adopts a sprung
phosphor-bronze blade with a tungsten pad brazed to the end of it. this
bears down, via a cam lever, onto a similar tungsten pad.

RMC, England