Re: Hertz was: Re: Breakdown voltage at submillimeter distances?

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Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h@xxxx>



Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> snip



> Has any one seen Hertz's experiments repeated or tried to repeat them i.e.
> with just a metal loop and a gap for the receiver.


I have :->

A couple of years ago I built a replica for the Danish Electricity Museum.

Hertz`s original stuff us seen here at Deutche Museum

http://home5.inet.tele.dk/f-hammer/Hertz3.JPG

Here is my interpretation of it:

http://home5.inet.tele.dk/f-hammer/hz1.jpg

And another view.

http://home5.inet.tele.dk/f-hammer/hz3.jpg

During the experimentation that led me to the final design, it 
occurred to me, that Mr. Hertz probably was working in rooms that 
were only lit by candles or the like, because the spark is only 
visible in low intensity light.

http://home5.inet.tele.dk/f-hammer/hz7.jpg

An experimenter working in a modern, well lit lab would probably 
overlook the arc in the receiving circuit.

Cheers, Finn Hammer