[TCML] Does Patent 500,630 predate Tesla's coil?

["Jim Harvey (UDN)" <harvey.james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings...
 
A friend pointed out a patent 500630 that appears to predate Tesla on the
invention of the "Tesla Coil." A link to this patent is at:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=pdZBAAAAEBAJ
<blocked::http://www.google.com/patents?id=pdZBAAAAEBAJ&dq=500630>
&dq=500630
 
Any thoughts or comments? 
 
73 & Stay Vertical,

Jim Harvey (W7YV) - The Great Curmudgeon
Hunkered down in the USA

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