Jeff
Behary Click here to visit the old version of the website |
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Frank
Jones Fortunately we have over .023% of Frank's collection on this website. No one would live long enough to browse it online, in any case! |
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Tesla Memorial
Society, Inc. William Terbo, Tesla's Grand-Nephew, Executive of the Official Tesla Memorial Society, the oldest and most respected Tesla organization in the United States. |
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Tesla
Technology Research www.teslatechnologyresearch.com Others may say they make the biggest or best Tesla Coils: Bill Wysock actually does. |
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PV Scientific
www.arcsandsparks.com The greatest [and only] source for the highest quality Static Electric Machines, Induction Coils, Crookes Tubes, Vintage Radios, Leyden Jars, etc. |
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Zahi
N. Hakim, MD Zahi is an amazing collector of early radiography tubes and related accessories. He has some real rarities on his website - www.earlytubes.com. He is a retired radiologist, and I greatly admire his work in preserving the rich history of Röntgen Rays. |
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John
“Grizzy” Grzywacz OSHA National Training Institute icon and senior faculty member, Professor "Grizzy" is the BEST Electrical Safety Trainer in the country. He is also an avid Tesla enthusiast and collector. |
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Dr.
Daniel Cuscela - www.vintagexraymuseum.org
Dan is a local friend that has one of the most impressive libraries I have ever seen, and a fine collection of rare floor model machines of massive proportions. The largest antique electrostatic machine in the country, now fully operational - a 24 plate Frank S Betz Toepler-Holtz X-Ray machine...a 10kW Snook Interrupter-less X-Ray machine, a vast collection of glass plate X-Rays and obscure McIntosh floor model machines just to name "a few". A sincere doctor who cares about history...that's one of a kind! |
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Bob
Blaske - http://grandpabobbooks.com/ Imagine having a teacher in middle school that actually taught you something. My first TV appearance was in middle school, and was the result of this man: Mr. Blaske. He taught me BASIC computer programming, and in no time I was programming C and assembly language at 14 years old. Bob has written an amazing series of books on "old Florida". Check out his website and have a look at the Queen Of The Everglades. Even Mejla reads this book! |
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Gerrit
Kemerink Gerrit is a retired medical physicist with a sincere interest in early radiology. He has written numerous publications on X-Rays and has beautifully replicated the work of early pioneers. In doing this work he is offering new insight from a modern perspective that has been desperately lacking for more than a century. Please keep up the good work, Gerrit - it is priceless! |
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Gerhard
Kütterer Gerhard is an amazing author and historian on early X-Ray pioneers. He is compiling a colossal book of important people in X-Ray history from around the world - I have seen some drafts of this impressive masterpiece, it is something to treasure for all X-Ray collectors, historians, and enthusiasts. |
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Robert
D. Campbell Bob is an amazing person. He found in a box of glass negatives the entire life of Earle Ovington. Over a decade later, he pieced together that amazing life in the most spectacular modern book I've ever read. It is a treasure chest of rare photos and text never seen anywhere else. |
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Harry Goldman Harry had the first Tesla Coil website 20 years before the internet, TCBA News. He is a Tesla historian, author, collector, educator, and builds some beautiful Tesla Coils! Harry wrote an incredible biography that everyone needs: Kenneth Strickfaden - Dr. Frankenstein's Electrician (McFarland, 2005) |
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Brian
Foley Brian has been a great friend of ours from the north east. He has generously donated many machinist tools, wax, and countless useful items for experiments. In fact, many projects on this site would probably have never been started if it wasn't for his surprise packages. While many Americans are content to scrap anything they find, Brian finds a use for it all - we all need to follow this example! He has a fantastic knowledge of CNC machines (and even builds his own), and certainly knows his way around Tesla Coiling! |
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The
Mid America Science Museum Richard Mathias commissioned Bill Wysock to build an even higher output reproduction of the Griffith Observatory Tesla Coil. This earned him a Guinness Record for the largest Conical Tesla Coil in the world. Richard and his wife demonstrate this coil and a smaller portable conical coil as part of their "Sermon From Science" program. |
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Charles F. Brush When I think of the name Charles Brush, two people come to mind. One is the famous inventor who created magnificent arc lamps. The other is his grandson, who fortunately preserves such magical treasures. One of perhaps the greatest scientific studies ever made was performed in the modern Brush laboratory: Furby Stress Testing. For those who haven't seen this video, your life will be forever changed once you do. Pick yourself up off the floor after watching it, and be sure to visit his historical treasures on the site too! |
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Peter Barvoets Photography Galleries (Lookseeseen) Philosophical Apparatus Peter is a great collector, and introduced me to a Pancake Coil chapter from a book that would change my life: High Frequency Apparatus by Thomas Stanley Curtis |
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Finn
Hammer From the land of Finsen, Poulsen, Pedersen, and Aakvavit comes one of the greatest modern Tesla Coil builders, Finn Hammer. |
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Alastair Wright Alastair is a well-known collector from the UK of Violet Rays, Diathermy Machines, and Vacuum Discharge Tubes. He has put together some fantastic YouTube videos of his collection. |
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Historische
Glasapparate und Lehrmittel Lutz Neumann is perhaps the best glass blower in the world. I've seen his restorations and reproductions of Geissler and Crookes Tubes, and feel they are honestly better than the originals. |
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Henk Dijkstra Henk has a wonderful site dedicated to Cathode Ray and Vacuum Discharge Tubes. Geissler Tubes, Crookes Tubes, X-Ray Tubes, Rotators, and Induction Coils. |
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David Genser 1957 - 2008 David was an extraordinary collector that we all have fond memories of. He did something unprecedented in medical collecting history: He restored machines in an authentic way and managed to make them better than the originals, often to painstaking lengths. His work was clearly admirable and nothing short of spectacular. |
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Bert
Hickman c/o Stoneridge Engineering Bert uses high voltage engineering to create masterpieces that would otherwise seem impossible: Captured Lightning in acrylic and Shrunken Quarters! Not to mention he is an avid Tesla Coil builder. "Wrecking havoc with electrons for over 40 years"... That says it all! |
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Bob McCoy Bob was a fantastic collector and curator of The Museum Of Questionable Medical Devices. I helped him & Shawne Fitzgerald write a chapter in "Quack! Tales Of Medical Fraud" on Violet Ray devices. On retiring, Bob donated his huge collection to the Science Museum Of Minnesota. We tried to borrow a few of the devices after for the Steve Harvey show, and they sent us an $8000 invoice to borrow a few items. The episode was cancelled immediately. It was an unreal and sad ending. |
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Le Pappilon
Vert and Jiffy Coil Michael and Evita have Renaissance-like hobbies, the greatest of which is distilling Absinthe using original pre-ban recipes. At 144 proof, it is quite a wonderful liquid, and some of the best I've ever had. Evita designs corsets, and Michael builds Tesla Coils as well. |
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Impulselabs Eric is a great machinist who makes some wonderful Tesla Coils with vintage parts & components. |
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Dany
K
Awesome website and YouTube videos in Czech of classic high voltage experiments. Induction Heating, Tesla Coils, High Voltage, Fluoroscopy / X-Rays. Very nice work. |
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Alton
Smith Alton has an amazing collection of Crookes and Geissler tubes and sells radio tubes for collectors at reasonable prices! |
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