Re: Vacuum jar rotary spark gap / thyratron (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:09:36 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Vacuum jar rotary spark gap / thyratron (fwd)


On Aug 17, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Tesla list wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:22:59 +0000
> From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Cc: drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Vacuum jar rotary spark gap / thyratron (fwd)
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> Tim,
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> I hate to shoot your idea down in flames but that sounds like a
> very expensive, bulky and dangerous setup. You would have to
> worry about the x-rays ionizing more than just the SG space, too,
> like your flesh, for instance!

Um, while I don't disagree with your basic premise that this idea
_IS_ probably a bad idea which should not be pursued, I don't think
15kV x-rays are going to penetrate the bell jar.

  - Bill "Gomez" Lemieux

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