RE: Egg of Columbus at Australian exhibition

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Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince" <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the info and nice pictures. I especially liked the Wardenclyffe
model. I've often thought about building one of those.

I'm staying busy with the egg for now though.

Cameron

> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: Egg of Columbus at Australian exhibition
>
> Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I attended the Tesla exhibition from the Nikola Tesla Museum in
> Belgrade at the World of Energy Museum in Fremantle, Western
> Australia.  This was the first on the itinerary for this group in
> their limited world tour.
>
> The Egg of Colombus was working well and used 415V 3 phase at 15 A.
> It was only run in brief bursts understandably and took perhaps 10
> seconds to spin up. They had models of the bladeless turbine and
> induction motor. There were models of all his labs and extensive
> posters all reproduced in a high quality 60 page bilingual booklet
> which I have. No other specs, sorry.
> Also had a Tesla coil using a curious serrated wheel gap and a glass
> plate cap. It was about 3 feet tall and  gave sparks around 3 inches.
> Some pics on my site.
> http://tesladownunder.com/Tesla%20display.htm#Tesla%20Exhibition
>
> Peter
>
>
> >Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince" <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Hi Peter,
> >Thanks for letting us know about this and I wonder, if you have a chance,
> if
> >you could ask the tour guide or demonstrator details about the power
> supply
> >running the egg. Specifics such as the voltage it runs on and any drive
> >components would be great.
> >I wish I had had the foresight to have asked these questions when I was
> at
> >the museum.
> >Thanks again and please take many photos.
> >
> >Cameron
> >
> > > Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Western Australia has a very active Tesla forum and for the 150th
> > > anniversary had a full day conference at a major venue, a bust of
> > > Tesla, University academic prizes and a play was brought her from the
> > > states.
> > > The most recent thing is a travelling exhibition which includes an
> > > Egg of Columbus.  I am attending the opening by a local member of
> > > parliament in 3 days and will report back hopefully with photos.
> > >
> http://www.teslaforum.com/2006%20Tesla%20exibition/2006%20Tesla%20Exibitio
> > > n.htm
> > > Peter
> > > http://tesladownunder.com