Re: "TELSA COIL" AT GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY

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Original poster: wysock@xxxxxxx 

Hello Ed and all.

My wife Francis and I were given a VIP invitation to the ribbon 
cutting cerimony
at Griffith Park Observatory last Thursday November 2.  The cerimony was at
4 p.m. PST.  There were about 1,000 attendees there an a lot of media/press.

The coil is working very well and produces bright power arcs to the Faraday
Cage that encloses it.  This Faraday Cage is a true work of art, beautifully
constrcted out of polished copper rectangular tubing and 1.5" square copper
mesh.  The new alcove that houses the coil has its own dedicated HVAC
system and can replace the entire cubic volume of air in the exhibit in
90 seconds.  The ozone and oxides of nitrogen are vented to the outside
of the building.

As soon as I can get my webmaster's help, I'll post many new pictures of
the reinstallation as well as of the opening cerimony.  This event was truly
what is called "coming full circle" for me.  It was the GPO Tesla Coil I first
saw in 1957 at the age of eight, that changed my life forever.  I know this
coil and the Observatory itself, has had the same impact on may others,
including Mr. Richard Mathias who now oversees the Mid America
Science Museum in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  MASM has the second
one-to-one scale model of GPO (known as GPO-2).  Images of GPO-2
are on my web site at http://www.ttr.com.

Best regards,
Bill Wysock

Date sent:      	Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:09:11 -0700
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Subject:        	"TELSA COIL" AT GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY
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Date forwarded: 	Fri,  3 Nov 2006 19:09:31 -0700 (MST)

> Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>     The LA area radio stations (and possibly TV too) are interviewing
> visitors to the just-opened observatory and asking for "the best part".
> The few interviews I happened to listen to all mentioned "the Coil",
> some had it Telsa and some had it Tesla but all thought it, along
> with the [Foucalt] "pendulum" were the most interesting
> exhibits.  Can't wait until Bill gets his pictures on line; sounds as
> if his efforts were a great success.
>
> Ed
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