The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum Tesla Library

	The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum About Us...
http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com


"The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum" is the result of over a decade of research. It's goal is to provide the visitor with a wealth of unusual trivia concerning devices long ago forgotten. We are located in the Historic Northwood section of West Palm Beach, Florida. To visit the museum, please email and phone to make an appointment. We accept visitors on weekends and after normal business hours. This website receives along the order of 2-3 million hits per year. To our surprise many are from around the world. However we receive letters and mail only occasionally, and look forward to talking to fellow collectors and experimenters. We're quite informal here so drop us a line or feel free to call with any questions. Jeff and Rita Behary, Curators 627 36th Street West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Phone: 954 253 3529 Please leave a message if you receive a voice mail, we tend to answer questions between 4 - 9pm EST. Please feel free to email us with any questions or comments about the site or its contents. Jeff Behary
1997: Creation of the official website: "*The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum*"
1998: Experimentation to improve modern Tesla Coils: Threaded Coil forms, Self-Cooling Tungsten Spark Gaps, Obscure coil winding methods.
1999: Wrote excerpts for the chapter "Rays and Radiation" for Bob McCoy's "Quack! Tales Of Medical Fraud", c/o The Museum Of Questionable Medical Devices.
Attended the "Disinformation Conference" in Manhattan, NY with underground author Adam Parfrey. Mr. Parfrey spoke of his new book, "Apocalypse Culture II" while Mr. Behary conducted 500,000 Volts through his body at the Hammerstien Ballroom.
2001: In September 2001 Mr. Behary used forgotten technologies to create a Tesla Coil that developed discharges thousands of degrees yet requiring little power consumption (less than 1000W). This coil was exhibited by Bill Wysock of Tesla Technology Research for the 2001 AMTA Convention in Denver, Colorado. This was the start of Mr. Behary's research with multi-layer Tesla Coils and Pancake Coils. 2002: Publication of several independent articles on St. Elmo's Fire (SAIL Magazine, USA,; Flyer Magazine, UK). Provided video footage for a Japanese documentary on St. Elmo's Fire and a made-for-TV movie about a recent plane crash caused by this phenomenon. Sent a letter to Czech President Vaclav Havel seeking permission to donate a large Tesla Coil to the city of Prague. Donated the "Prague Coil" to NTM, the first reproduction of a Bipolar Pancake Tesla Coil System in over 75 years. With the generous help of Vaclav Suchy and Pavel Pitrak of NTM obtained rare photos of Vacuum Discharge Tubes from a Czech archive.
2003: Obtained one of the oldest surviving Tesla Coils, made by Campbell Electric. It contains a date on one of the components November 8, 1900. Exactly 103 years later attended the "Tesla Electrotherapy Energy Conference" hosted by Tom Valone in Washington D.C. Provided a one-hour lecture to 1000 people on "Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Discoveries" that was released on DVD. Attending this lecture was William Terbo, Tesla's Grand-Nephew, and Executive of The Tesla Memorial Society.
2004: Did massive research into the patents of Thomas Burton Kinraide and other Tesla contemporaries. Began to archive thousands of pages of patents, books, manuscripts, and instruction manuals associated with Tesla technologies and Electrotherapy. Collaborated with fellow collectors to have permanent "Feature Exhibitions" at the museum. Collaborated with BBC Television for documentary. 2005: Uncovered the remains of Electrical Pioneer Thomas Burton Kinraide's Laboratory in Jamaica Plain. The result was the discovery of a lifetime: Over 500 glass plate negatives of spark discharge photos, the earliest surviving Tesla Coils built by Kinraide from 1897-1901, and various personal belongings. They remain the most treasured pieces in our collection. Met fellow collector Frank Jones and his wife Shari in Salt Lake City, Utah for the "Tesla Tech ExtraOrdinary Technology Conference 2005". Jeff and Frank lectured on Early Electrotherapeutics, Tesla Coil design, and demonstrated several machines including a McIntosh Hogan brought by fellow collector Dwight Krebs. The lecture was released on DVD and VHS. 2006: Moved to new location: 627 36th Street / West Palm Beach, FL 33407 BBC Radio 4 "Questions Questions": "Violet Ray Machines", hosted by Stewart Hendersen / Produced by Sarah Cuddon. Aired Thursday 25. May 2006 Lectured on Long Island, New York for the 150th Anniversary Of Tesla's Birth. Joined museum friends from around the country for one of the greatest events of the decade! Got to meet Harry Goldman of TCBA by phone. I've never been the same since. He's simply wonderful! 2007: The Year Of New Information! Was contacted by (and was fortunate enough to meet in person) Robert Campbell, Earle Ovington Biographer and Collector. Was contacted by Tom Curtis, son of Thomas Stanley Curtis. Was contacted by the family of Thomas Burton Kinraide. Recovered the prototype high frequency oil-filled Tesla-Thomson Coil made by Kinraide in 1897. This coil produced the first X-Rays of the human trunk. Aside from its obvious historic value, it can be regarded as the earliest surviving Tesla Coil and perhaps the only known period high frequency induction coil. Was contacted by Donna, great grand-daughter of William Benham Snow. Was contacted by the H. G. Fischer family, Hannah and Jonathan Fischer Was contacted by Ray Minichiello, close friend of Charles Campbell of Campbell Electric Co. Was extra in the film "All About Tesla: The Research" by Michael Krause Was filmed for Toronto-based TV Show TBA 2008: . .
Jeff and Rita Behary
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