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Re: [TCML] 135ft arc 3ft sphere - Possible?
Hi Derek,
Huh? Infinite length? You CAN'T measure a coastline?? I beg to differ!
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_miles_of_coastline_does_Florida_have_facing_Atlantic_Ocean
2276 miles (facing the Atlantic) of Florida coastline defi-
nitely sounds like a "finite" number to me. ;^)
David Rieben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] 135ft arc 3ft sphere - Possible?
"You *can* get to close to 135 feet if you count all the little twists and
turns and count tip of one spark across the middle and to the tip of a
spark on the other side. Bill Wysock's 13M gets there if you follow this
somewhat unconventional measurement technique (of course he's running more
power and has a much larger topload than a 3 foot ball) "
All Tesla coil sparks are actually of infinite length measured this way.
I beleive that a spark by it nature is fractal. The length around the
outside of any fractal has infinite length if you look closely enough.
(try measuring a coastline) Therefore if you count the circumference all
of the twists and turns you get an infinite length.
Its amazing you ever get a strike !!
Derek
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