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by J.H. Couture 10823 New Salem Point San Diego, CA 92126 author of The Tesla Handbook Tesla coil builders have always used spark lengths to describe the output of their coils. A rough rule generally...

If motors and engines and other machines can be said to be the muscles of civilization, then surely money is its life blood. Certainly nothing can happen with out money. Supplies, tools, and raw...
This year, 1996, is the Centennial of Radio, if it is accepted that Guglielmo Marconi is its inventor and that 1896, the date of his British patent, is the beginning of a hundred years of radio. There...

The following remarks are an attempt to understand one aspect of Tesla’s mental processes on creative discovery. Like some other geniuses, Tesla had a striking style of creative thought. The image of...

In order to obtain a realistic model of ball lightning formation, an apparatus to simulate the electro-magnetic phenomena occurring within a lightning strike was developed at CCD2 Laboratory. Our...
The Spirit of Tesla Returns In a spectacular display of sparks, science and showmanship, the spirit of Nikola Tesla returned to “Little London” (Colorado Springs). Staged as a separate event from the...

Ten years after patenting a successful method for producing alternating current, Nikola Tesla claimed the invention of an electrical generator that would not “consume any fuel.” Such a generator would...

The Spark Gap: A Basic Definition A spark gap in its simplest term is nothing more than an on and off switch. There are therefore, two electrical states or modes for the operation of a spark gap...
Dear Dr. Seifer: It has been suggested that the huge explosion in Tunguska was caused by Tesla’s experimentation with electromagnetic earth resonance. I personally can not see how, as the Wardenclyffe...

Introduction Tesla’s patent “Coil for Electromagnets,” #512,340 , states that the double series winding, whether as a flat spiral or conventional helix, eliminates self-induction and stores more...