Re: History

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Original poster: "Bob Wroblewski" <bwroblewski-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Hi Ed,

I edited an index to the TCBA News a long time ago;-) The following hit
resulted on a word search of van de graaf...
05-2 13  VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR, AND TESLA
That is Volume 5 Issue 2 Page 13 of the TCBA News.
Hope that helps.

Bob Wroblewski
Dracut, MA

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

 > Original poster: "Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 > "However, before writing Tesla off as a flash in the pan review " The
 > Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla"
 >
 > RWW"
 >
 > 	By flash in the pan I mean that he came forth with a remarkably
 > complete AC power generation, distribution, and utilization system
 > and
 > then moved on to other things which were of more interest to him, as
 > derscribed by Leland Anderson.  Have the "Patents" on the shelf here
 > and
 > look up references regularly.  I also have a copy of Tesla Patent
 > Wrappers (actually four volumes) which I've been through on many
 > occasions too.  Lot of lawyer talk but still interesting.  I don't
 > find
 > anything of practical value (at least related to the electric power
 > industry) after Colorado Springs.  Do you?  The Tesla of CSN clearly
 > has
 > a strong grasp of Victorian physics and math and applies it to his
 > designs and observations.  I find the notes make fascinating reading
 > and
 > show that he was quite a deep technical thinker, at least at that
 > time.
 > When it comes to the world power system I can't see any evidence of
 > even
 > "back of the envelope" calculations as to the design and feasibility
 > of
 > his proposed apparatus, let alone analysis of how the system as a
 > whole
 > could have worked.
 >
 > 	Harry Goldman printed a 1930's era article by Tesla in which he
 > discussed the operation of a Van de Graaf generator.  It is most
 > interesting because it was typical vintage Tesla writing - lucid and
 > quite accurate, and I have often wondered what practical things were
 > going on in his head at the time.  Wish I could find that article
 > again.......
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >
 >