Re: x-ray with small Tesla coil as driver

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Original poster: "mercurus2000" <mercurus2000-at-cox-dot-net> 

Are these party bulbs you speak of the ones with the colored glass? That's
what they're called now of days.
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Subject: Re: x-ray with small Tesla coil as driver


 > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi Jack,
 >
 > I had an old "Party Bulb" lightbulb that would glow green on a coil.  The
 > filiment was broken and would whip around when powered.  The bulb would
show
 > green swirls that would look similar to the coiled filiment, and it would
 > glow for a short time after powering.  All other lightbulbs would have a
 > purple glow to them.  I still have this bulb and some old photographic
 > paper, and will test it as soon as I can get one of my smaller coils back
 > together.
 >
 > David E Weiss
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Jack Vandam" <snotoir7674g-at-mindspring-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > I've had a small Science First 50 Kv Tesla coil for quite some time.
This
 >  > unit is absolutely tiny compared to what I've seen people talk about
here.
 >  > Today, at an antique shop, I saw an old antique Edison light bulb.  I
 >  > brought it home and placed it on top of the energized Tesla coil.  To
my
 >  > surprise, the inside of the bulb glowed a brilliant green and I decided
to
 >  > try and see if I could take an x-ray of something fairly easy.  The
 > results
 >  > are here:
 >  >
 >  > http://www.mindspring-dot-com/~xray5245f/pencilxrayenhanced.jpg
 >  >
 >  > I must say I was sure surprised to get anything at all.
 >  >
 >  > Jack
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >