Re: sphere within a sphere

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Original poster: Brett Miller <brmtesla2-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Dr. Resonance,

That does sound very interesting, especially since I
have built a few small van de graff machines in my
younger days.  It's how I got started with my HV
interest....right after the Wimshurst anyway.  Thank
you for pointing that out.

-Brett


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance"
 > <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > The sphere within a sphere concept has considerable
 > merit.
 >
 > In the 1940's Van de Graaff and Trump successfully
 > used this concept to of
 > multi-shells within shells to allow Van de Graaff
 > generators achieve higher
 > potentials than a single sphere could.  There are
 > several articles published
 > in the 1940's --- see Physical Review for these
 > articles (Trump, Van de
 > Graaff, Atta, et al).
 >
 > Most of the VDGRF concepts were in an insulating gas
 > atmosphere, usually at
 > 3-12 atm.
 >
 > It would be interesting to see if they apply to
 > resonance transformers
 > operating in open air.
 >
 > Dr. Resonance
 >
 > Resonance Research Corporation
 > E11870 Shadylane Rd.
 > Baraboo   WI   53913
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Yeah, I'll believe it when I read a described
 >  > theoretical mechanism consistant with the laws of
 >  > physics.
 >  >
 >  > Funny that you could see huge corona and
 > streamers
 >  > breaking out from the top turns of the secondary.
 >  > Strange that this guy was able to rediscover this
 >  > supposedly super efficient topload that everyone
 >  > overlooked, but apparently knows nothing of the
 >  > application of an ACR.
 >  >
 >  > Plus, even if the nested sphere outperformed a
 > single
 >  > sphere, it's meaningless to the thousands of us
 > using
 >  > toroids.
 >  >
 >  > The "baloney" LED on my panel is lit.  I smell
 > the
 >  > strong scent of pseudoscience here.
 >  >
 >  > -Brett
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  >  > Original poster: "Virtualgod"
 >  >  > <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I'll believe it when I see it. Seems like the
 > outer
 >  >  > sphere would shield the
 >  >  > inner and wouldn't make any difference, in
 > tuning or
 >  >  > output. Maybe if he
 >  >  > doubles input power (which wasn't mentioned in
 > the
 >  >  > listing).
 >  >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 1:06 AM
 >  >  > Subject: sphere within a sphere
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Original poster: "steve"
 >  >  > <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com>
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Has anyone heard of this.
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >
http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3804496648
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >   To go from 24" to 37" is a big
 > improvement.
 >  >  >  > I don't see how this could improve spark
 > length
 >  >  > If the coil was
 >  >  >  > properly tuned to begin with. Someone
 > please
 >  >  > enlighten me.
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Steve Vance
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >