Re: What is this place?? (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:09:03 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: What is this place?? (fwd)


On Sep 22, 2007, at 9:15 PM, Tesla list wrote:

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> From: Marko Ruban <Marko@xxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: What is this place?? (fwd)
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> The comments in russian mention it is a "generator of Marx",  
> located in
> town of Istra, not far from Moscow.  Soviets loved to give names of
> leaders to big projects.

Um, a "Marx Generator" is the name for that type of device.  Most large
"impulse generators" are of the Marx or Fitch type.  In this case, they
are speaking of Erwin Marx, who first described the circuit in 1924 -
not Karl Marx. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx_generator

  - G.

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