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Kinraide Coils Here are the oldest surviving Tesla Coils, 1897! |
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In
Quest Of Kinraide: Feb. 2007 / May 2005: Recovered coils and misc. items |
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Earliest & Largest Surviving Kinraide/Tesla Coil 13.5" Diameter x 6.5" Deep x 18" Tall Pancake Coil and the remains of a 28" Tall post from an even larger coil. |
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Jackson
Coil Name Plate Found "Manufactured under Kinraide Patents, Swett & Lewis Co." |
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Original
Swett & Lewis X-Ray Tube - Type A Note the interesting Lichtenberg Figure on the tube! |
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Featured Collector Frank Jones: Swett & Lewis X-Ray Tube |
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Kinraide
Coils: Gallery I Kinraide's Kinraide Coils from 1897: These are the oldest surviving Tesla Coils. |
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Kinraide
Coils: Gallery II Note the familiar shape later associated with Kinraide's work. |
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Kinraide Coils: Gallery III Largest Surviving Tesla Coil from 1897 |
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Cyclone Coil This is a complete Pancake Coil (1/2" Copper Strap Primary, Multilayered Flat Spiral Secondary) on top of a glass enclosed mica/tin foil cap. |
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Kinraide's Laboratory: Recovered Materials Gallery I The famous glass rods used in his Kinraide Coil patent; Kilos of Beeswax and Rosin; a Condenser/Pancake Coil combination similar to that of the Cyclone Coils; The induction coil witnessed by Frederick Finch Strong in 1897; A variety of castings; A carved geometric block (part of one of Kinraide's later inventions); Liquor and scent bottle; Decaying doctor's bag (perhaps Strong's?) |
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Kinraide / Kinraide Coil Scans |
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Behary 2005, c/o The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com |
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