Re: coherers

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Ed: I've been following your coherers topic,, but I dont see how it is
assembled or used.  Please fill me in it sounds like a fun project.
   Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 13:04:21 -0600
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> Subject: Re: coherers
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> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
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> Tesla list wrote:
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>> Original poster: "Gary Peterson by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <glpeterson-at-tfcbooks-dot-com>
>> 
>>> Materials influence is complex and hard
>>> to control.  As simple a matter as changing
>>> to a new file can affect the sensitivity.
>> 
>> The Tesla-Scherff correspondence refer to the following materials for use in
>> the C/S coherers: aluminum wire chips; aluminum wire nickel-plated cut into
>> small particles; 10/1000" nickel wire cut into small particles 10/1000"
>> long; five grades of silver filings, marked No. 1 to No. 5, the former
>> number being the finest and the latter the coarsest; and bismuth filings.
> 
> Where did you read that correspondence?  Any mention of how they
> chopped up that wire?  How about relative performance of the various
> materials?  As for bismuth, I have some very fine powder I've been
> intending to try.
> 
> Ed
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