Re: Another Suggestion for Curiosity's Sake

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I was looking up some of Tesla's patents, and I came across this: 
<http://www.keelynet.com/tesla/00512340.htm>http://www.keelynet.com/tesla/00512340.htm. 
I was wondering whether this idea could be used in the secondary 
spiral of a tesla coil to increase its natural capacitance.  Of 
course, I would assume that a big problem would be arcing between 
turns due to the higher potential difference between them, but 
assuming this could be avoided, wouldn't this method result in a more 
capacitative secondary?
Just putting it out there..."

   I can't imagine any use for this scheme, which has always seemed 
to to be one of  Tesla's "goofy" patents, applied for "just on 
general principles".  Terrible way to make a capacitor.

Ed