Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Tesla Message-ID: <3811@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 14:55:26 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.3811 Posted: Tue Mar 5 14:55:26 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 11:56:52 EST References: <131@azure.UUCP> <2436@nsc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 9 I think you've confused St. Elmo's fire with ball lightning. St. Elmo's fire is merely corona discharge, easily demonstrated with a small HV coil and a sharp object. Electrons will ``spray'' off the point of a pin attached to a Tesla coil, for example. (I have a four-foot secondary wrapped with AWG30 wire I used to play with...) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland