Re: TC presented by Lord Kelvin, streamer shape

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

Jonathan,

A scan of the picture should be on Hot-Streamer now:
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/corona1.gif

It's looks like two open loops of wire with corona in between...

Best regards,

-- Bert --
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Bert Hickman
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Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>
>Hi All,
>I was reading "My Inventions" the autobiography of NT. On page 69 it shows a
>picture of the TC presented by Lord Kelvin to the British Association. The
>streamers appear to be in a really cool loop. Is it possible to actually
>make a spark shaped like that, or is the picture "enhanced"? If it's for
>real, anyone on the list ever make one like it?
>Jonathan Peakall
>