Re: Colorado Springs

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Original poster: "resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>




The 40 meter spark from Tesla's Co. Springs lab was a myth 
perpetuated by J.J. Oneil's book on Tesla.  It was published as a 
"133 ft long spark eminating from the elevated 3 ft. dia. copper 
sphere", however, this was not the case.  The longest spark was 
around 36-38 ft. according to Richard Hull's analysis.

Dr. Resonance


> Is my memory faulty (always a possibility), or did I not read that 
> Tesla's Colorado Springs coil went to 40 *meters* in spark length 
> (not 40 *feet*) the night he also burned up the C. Springs town generator?
>
> For example, in "Tesla" (Cheney & Uth, Barnes & Noble, 1999), pp.89, 
> "Bolts of man-made lightning more than a hundred feet in length shot 
> out from the mast atop the station. The commotion could be heard in 
> the mining town of Cripple Creek, fifteen miles away." I've read 
> many other accounts of this event.