Tesla Coils
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Tesla Coils
I really want to do a project about Tesla coils but I do not know what kinds of things I can test. I have talked to my teacher and arranged to use the school's Tesla coils so I wont be building one. What are some concepts or ideas that I could test using a Tesla coil?
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Re: Tesla Coils
Hi,
The bottom of this page gives a good answer to your question on the applications of Tesla coils:
http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ins/lab_tescoil.html
This Wikipedia article has lots of great information and references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
You may also enjoy this book, particularly chapter X, “The uses of tesla coils”:
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id= ... A97-IA2,M1
This is a really fascinating subject. Have a great time with it!
Best regards,
Barrett Tomlinson
The bottom of this page gives a good answer to your question on the applications of Tesla coils:
http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ins/lab_tescoil.html
This Wikipedia article has lots of great information and references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
You may also enjoy this book, particularly chapter X, “The uses of tesla coils”:
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id= ... A97-IA2,M1
This is a really fascinating subject. Have a great time with it!
Best regards,
Barrett Tomlinson