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4.
Coil with one of my Roentgen tubes as described in articles E.R.
$! {36 \over 2} $! = 18 bottles = 0.0162 mfd 5 1/8 turns + conn.
 
5.
Coil with “double focus tube” target connected.
$! {36 \over 2} $! = 18 bottles = 0.0162 mfd 5 1/16 turns + conn.
 
6.
Coil with same tube one of the electrodes connected.
$! {36 \over 2} $! = 18 bottles = 0.0162 mfd 5 3/32 turns + conn.
* Note: all of these tubes developed rays fairly strong while tested.
 
7.
Coil with Leonard tube single terminal as described by me E.R., poorly exhausted, streamers passing through it.
$! {36 \over 2} $! = 18 bottles = 0.0162 mfd 5 turns + conn.

From these measurements the capacities can now be found.

Calling the inductances in the primary circuit in each succeeding experiment respectively L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6 and L7 we have with reference to prepared table:

L1 = 4 13/16 turns + conn. = 14,526 cm.
L2 = 4 15/16 " + conn. = 14,947 "
L3 = 4 31/32 " + conn. = 15,053 "
L4 = 5 1/8 " + conn. = 15,579 "
L5 = 5 1/16 " + conn. = 15,368 "
L6 = 5 3/32 " + conn. = 15,473 "
L7 = 5 " + conn. = 15,158 "
Calling furthermore the corresponding capacities of the excited system
Cs1....Cs7
all of them can be at once determined
from Cs1 since
Cs2 = $! {L_{2} \over L_{1}} $!Cs1
Cs3 = $! {L_{3} \over L_{1}} $!Cs1, etc.

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Glossary

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.