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Tes las Tes la CoilsJeff Behary, c /o

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Tes la Osc illators w ith Mechanical BreaksI. Stat ion ar y Contact s

II. Rotar y Contacts

Tes la Osc illators w ith Mercury Circuit Contro llersI. Mer cur y to Meta l Contact

II. Mercur y to Mercur y Contact

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Tes la Osc illator w ith detachable d isruptivedischarge coil for exper imental purposes

I. Tesla Oscil lator For Demon strat ing Imped anceII. T esl a Osci llator For D emonstrat ing E lectr ica l Discharg es

Tes la Osc illator For Demons tratingThe Phenomenon Of Impedance

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Behary - Cur tis Reproduc tion : Adaptation of Tes la Coilfrom Thomas Stanley Cur tis High Frequency Apparatus

Behary - Cur tis Reproduc tion : Adaptation of Tes la Coilfrom Thomas Stanley Cur tis High Frequency Apparatus

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Interrupterwith

TungstenContacts

To Battery

Tes la Coi l For Ignition Purposes : Patent 609,250

Small Tes la Osc illator for t he Produc tion of Ozoneand for Ster ilization Purposes

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Violet Ray Tes la Co il w ith two types of Ozone Generators

Large osc illator w ith an additional tuned c ircuit f or produc ing currents of a definite and unchanging frequency

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Single Pancake Co il w ith 3 separate tank c ircuits and 3dis tinc t forms of elec tr ical discharges at once

Unusual Discharges from s ingle Pancake Coil :Both effluves and flam ing arcs s imultaneous ly ? !

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Tes la Osc illator for the produc tion of Light And Other High Frequency Phenomenon

Wireless Lighting and Geiss ler Tubes

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Tes la Trans former for the produc tion of R ntgen Rays

Crookes Tubes & R nt gen Rays

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Vacuum Manipulation w ith Tes la Co ils

Lichtenberg Figures In Sing le Fi lament Bu lb

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Apparatus for produc ing currents of h igh frequenc yPatent 583,953 of June 8, 1897

Pause

Break

Pause

Discharge

Dual Inductance Coils

Dual Inductance Coils

Tes la trans former w ith mercury interrupter from patent number 609,251 of Augus t 16, 1898

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Binding posts for input power

Thumbscrews to adjustheight of f an blade

Mercury

Paraffin Oil

Rotating Receptacle

Stationary Components(with exception of fan blade)

Tes la trans former w ith a gravity control led hermetically sealed mercury interrupter Patent 609,247

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RotatingFanBlade

BalancedWeight(Stationary )

Rotating Receptacle

Motor Winding andInductance Coil

Slanted Base

Paten t 609,247

Electr ic Ci rcu i t Con trol ler

Tes la osc illator w ith a mercury jet imp ing ing agains t an insulated toothed wheel patent 609,248

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InsulatedToothedWheel (Rotates)

Solid Conductor(Stationary )

Mercury Jet

MotorAndInductanceCoils

Rotating Receptacle

Grav ity Keeps Tube Section Stationary

Slanted Base

3D View

Elec tr ic Circuit Contro llerPatent 609,249 of Augus t 16, 1898

STATIONARY

ROTARY

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Behary Pseudo-Static Tes la Co il :Bipolar Pancake Coils w ith Rotary Break

Behary Pseudo-Static Tes la Co il :Bipolar Pancake Coils w ith Rotary Break

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L. E. Knott Apparatus Company 1896 1920sFirst Commer cial Tes la Co i l For Labor ator y and X-Ray Use

Thomas Bur ton KinraidePioneer of Pancake St yle X-Ray Co il s,

Methods for Producing El ectri cal Discharges,Quenched Spar k Gap s, Po int-Plane Rect if iers,

Speci al Interrupters and Induct ion Co il s.

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Dr . Freder ick Finch StrongPioneer of Electrotherapeut i c Tesla Co ils,Inventor of the Glass Vacuum Electrode

Ear le L. OvingtonEng ineer ed Tesla Co i ls for Dr. Strong,

Traveled around the US demon strat ing con i cal co il s,Becam e the f ir st U.S. Ai r Mail Pilot ,

Insp ired K enneth Strickfadden.

Campbell Elec tr ic Company / Campbel l Brothers 1901 - 1930

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Seeley Laborator ies Vulcan Coi ls ca. 1905

Vic tor X-Ray Tes la Coils ca. 1910 1920s

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Frank S. Betz / Betzco / A. S. Aloe Company 1910 1930s

Mc Int osh Hogan Cab inet

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H. G. Fischer & Thompson Plas ter Company 1910 - 1930

H. G. Fischer Surgical Tes la Coi ls

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Behary The Tes la Coil Of The FutureBipolar Flat Spiral Resonators us ing 10kV 23mA OB IT

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Behary The Tes la Coil Of The FutureBipolar Flat Spiral Resonators us ing 7.2kV 120mA Pole Xfmr

Behary 1KW Tw in Pancake Tes la Coil The K ilowatt K inraide Coi l

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Behary Kilowatt Kinraide Co il :Flam ing Discharges

Behary Jackson Kinraide Coil

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Behary - Kinraide Mult ilayered Con ical Coils

Behary - Kinraide Mult ilayered Con ical Coils

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Behary Kinraide Co il Reproduc tion w ith 6 Quenched Gap

Behary Kinraide Co il Reproduc tion w ith 6 Quenched Gap

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Oil-Filled Flat Sp iral / Pancake Co ils

Sometimes they work

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Often they dont !

When the flam ing discharge occurs , the condit ions are evidently such that the greates t current is made to flow

through the c ircuit 20. May 1891

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Flam ing Discharges : Stage 1:Purple Arcs w ith heat that can be felt several feet away

Flam ing Discharges : Stage 2:Yellow and orange f lames am ids t the purple arcs

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Flam ing Discharges : Stage 3:White discharges , immense heat, able to melt w ires

Flam ing Discharges : Stage 4:Blinding White Arcs , abilit y t o melt and weld metals

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Behary Flam ing White Arc Protot ypes

Behary Prague Coi l : 16 Discharges at 1 kW input power

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Behary Baby Prague Coil : 4 Discharges at 50W(Tw in 2.5 diameter Multilayered Pancake Coils)

Prague Coi l in ac tion

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16 and 18 Diameter Flat Spiral Tes la Coi ls

Pancake Magnifying Transm itter

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Pancake Magnifying Transm itter