Re: Flat coils & undamped waves (was Wire Length)

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>


> . . . The most pathetic single part is the inventory of Wardenclyffe 
> which includes "one submarine boat".  He was a very proud man so how 
> it must have hurt him to see that taken by the foreclosure!!!!!!!!!! . . .
>
> Ed


The oral history of the Wardenclyffe wireless plant includes an 
account of this remote control boat having been carried up to Long 
Island Sound by some kids where it was placed in the water and 
sunk!  As for the idea that Tesla was being deliberately obtuse when 
he gave the 1916 interview, I don't buy into that for a moment.

Gary

P.S. I want to appologize for getting snippy towards you in my pervious post. "

   No offense taken - Tesla provokes strong feelings in some of us 
and controversy is one of the common themes of this group!  As for 
the boat, where is that account to be found?

    I don't think Tesla was being deliberately obtuse in his 
testimony but he sure was vague on subjects which he should have 
remembered vividly after relatively few years.  I've referred 
particularly to his references on frequency; having designed a number 
of low-frequency transmitting antenna systems over the years I can 
still remember the operating frequencies and all of the difficulties 
of designing loading coils and ground systems for "electrically short 
antennas".  Can't help but make me wonder if he sometimes confused 
"what was with what should be", something I'll cover in a separate 
note.  I've known guys who were so convinced of their abilities and 
knowledge that, to them, a mere idea was no different from an 
accomplished fact. I've always suspected Tesla falls into the same 
category; probably most of us do when dealing with subjects we feel 
we understand completely.

Ed