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  I.  Return To The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum
  Kinraide Coils
Here are the oldest surviving Tesla Coils, 1897!
In Quest Of Kinraide:  Feb. 2007 / May 2005:
Recovered coils and misc. items
   
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.
Jackson Coil Name Plate Found
"Manufactured under Kinraide Patents,
Swett & Lewis Co."
Original Swett & Lewis X-Ray Tube - Type A
Note the interesting Lichtenberg Figure on the tube!
Featured Collector Frank Jones:  Swett & Lewis X-Ray Tube
   
Kinraide Coils:  Gallery I
Kinraide's Kinraide Coils from 1897:
These are the oldest surviving Tesla Coils.
Kinraide Coils:  Gallery II
Note the familiar shape later associated with Kinraide's work.
Kinraide Coils:  Gallery III
Largest Surviving Tesla Coil from 1897

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.
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?)
Kinraide / Kinraide Coil Scans
 
 
  (C) Jeff Behary 2005, c/o The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum
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