Re: Distilled water as a dielectric?

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

HI Paul,
         Glad you're back and re the note, you're welcome :)

On 7 Jun 2005, at 21:05, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Paul B. Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Malcolm,
> I'm sort of back. Thanks for your email of support. I really do
> appreciate it. Thanks to everyone. It is hard to describe how much it
> helps to know that there are people who care about you and concerned
> about you. All of the support Debbie passed along was a great comfort.
>
> Do you know where I can get a copy of Jimmy Hynes' diary of his
> development of his SSTC? I would just love to read it. I have been
> fascinated by what I have read about him and his Tesla Coil exploits.
> Does anyone know whatever became of Jimmy, school, fame, fortune? He
> certainly sounds like a "can't miss" individual!!! Too bad there
> aren't millions more like him. Then, we wouldn't have had a thread
> about the decline of science! I couldn't resist one last jab. Regards.
> Paul Think Positive

It is online at http://www.hot-streamer.com/chunkyboy86/   Click on
the diary button at the top left of the page and follow his progress.

Malcolm

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Distilled water as a dielectric?
>
>  > Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  > Hi Mark, all,
>  >
>  > On 5 Jun 2005, at 22:50, Tesla list wrote:
>  >
>  > > Original poster: "Mark Broker" <mbroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  > >
>  > > On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:00:38 -0600, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  > > wrote: > > > > >Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx > > > > > >
>     For other readers: Yes, I know this is not an optimal solution. >
>  > >      But > > >the amount of money I can put into the TC right now
>  is low, and this > > >solution just plain works.... What I'm trying
>  to say is that this > > >*works* and you don't always have to spend
>  the big bucks to get a > > >perfectly satisfying Tesla Coil. > > > >
>  > >      Dave Small > > > > Dave, I think you nailed it here.  There
>  are far too many "cookie > > cutter" solutions out there, even in
>  this hobby.... > > > > "A good idea is the enemy of a better one, as
>  you stop looking for > > alternatives." ? Tudor Rickards > > I like
>  the "cookie-cutter" description of a particular approach to >
>  hobbies. In my opinion it is all wrong. Little is learned by >
>  following a recipe and having it work perfectly first time except >
>  that you could repeat that recipe with some confidence. The real >
>  learning occurs when things don't work as expected and one is forced
>  > to think above all else. If your goal is simply to impress the >
>  neighbours, go for the recipe. If your goal is apply scientific >
>  method and learn from using it, don't ask endless trivial questions >
>  of others - suck it and see. Jimmy Hynes diary of his SS coil >
>  development is a wonderful documented example of how to do it. >
>  In order to think outside the box you first need to discover the >
>  boundaries. Those who don't either end up repeating history or >
>  "inventing" impossibilities (like a design student in this country >
>  who once proudly had his photograph presented in a newspaper together
>  > with a column lauding his "invention" of some kind of stove which >
>  could ".. cook a hearty meal or boil a cup of tea off an electric >
>  fence.."). Ouch!! > > Malcolm > >
>
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