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RE: [TCML] Wardenclyffe property up for sale
Hi Dex,
Initially, this tower was a deterrent to the enemy in WWII, much like the
Spruce Goose. Tesla claimed that he would blast airplanes from the sky. Too
bad that, later on, enemy submarines used this structure as a landmark.
Jim Mora
Born in Shoreham, LI,NY to early geekdom :-^)
Tesla historians, please edit this post as needed.
-----Original Message-----
From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dex Dexter
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:00 AM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
Subject: Re: [TCML] Wardenclyffe property up for sale
Sad story about the largest Tesla magnifying transmitter in history.
In his authorized biography "My Inventions" Tesla mentioned the
transmitter could be operated up to 100 MV.I'm afraid voltage like that
wouldn't be feasible.Numerous measurements and experiments show the
normal atmosphere breakdown field is aprox. 900 kV/ft.Applying this to a
perfect 69 feet diameter sphere gives about 31 MV of breakdown
potential.Clearly,Tesla overestimated the figure.More importantly he
underestimated some other things (like dissipation),and money issues
(J.P.Morgan).If nothing else,I hope good people will manage to save his old
lab building.
Dex
--- mjstrube@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: "Michael Strube" <mjstrube@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:
Subject: [TCML] Wardenclyffe property up for sale
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 04:11:48 -0500
Interesting story in the NY Times on the current disposition of
Wardenclyffe:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05tesla.html?pagewanted=2
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05tesla.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&em
c=eta1> &_r=1&emc=eta1
Mike
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