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Nikola Tesla: Colorado Springs Notes, 1899-1900 Page 190

September 19, 1899

Colorado Springs

Sept. 19, 1899

Various arrangements with oscillator and extra coil for production of most powerful disturbances.

All of these arrangements have been experimented with and described before, and so far the plan illustrated in Diagram 4. seems to be best. In Fig. 1. the extra coil is merely a means of increasing pressure on the end. In Figs. 2. and 3. the vibrations through the ground are intensified by the extra coil working directly on the ground either through a gap with capacity or without same.

In all cases it has been found important to have the two systems vibrate in synchronism. The same considerations apply to Diagrams 4, 5 and 6. The plan in Fig. 4. being found best, the question is what is the best length to give to the wires.

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Contents

Introduction
June 1 - 30
July 1 - 31
August 1 - 31
September 1 - 30
October 1 - 31
November 1 - 30
December 1 - 31
January 1 - 7
Commentaries

Appendices: I, II

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Lowercase tau - an irrational constant defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius, equal to the radian measure of a full turn; approximately 6.283185307 (equal to 2π, or twice the value of π).
A natural rubber material obtained from Palaquium trees, native to South-east Asia. Gutta-percha made possible practical submarine telegraph cables because it was both waterproof and resistant to seawater as well as being thermoplastic. Gutta-percha's use as an electrical insulator was first suggested by Michael Faraday.
The Habirshaw Electric Cable Company, founded in 1886 by William M. Habirshaw in New York City, New York.
The Brown & Sharpe (B & S) Gauge, also known as the American Wire Gauge (AWG), is the American standard for making/ordering metal sheet and wire sizes.
A traditional general-purpose dry cell battery. Invented by the French engineer Georges Leclanché in 1866.
Refers to Manitou Springs, a small town just six miles west of Colorado Springs, and during Tesla's time there, producer of world-renown bottled water from its natural springs.
A French mineral water bottler.
Lowercase delta letter - used to denote: A change in the value of a variable in calculus. A functional derivative in functional calculus. An auxiliary function in calculus, used to rigorously define the limit or continuity of a given function.
America's oldest existing independent manufacturer of wire and cable, founded in 1878.
Lowercase lambda letter which, in physics and engineering, normally represents wavelength.
The lowercase omega letter, which represents angular velocity in physics.