Apparently mercury breaks down the oxide layer and can make Al "dissolve." Reportedly Hg paste was used to sabotage WWII German planes. Also the oxide layer...
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Ed Phillips
evp@...
Oct 1, 2004 2:54 pm
"You get an unqualaified A, Zula. As for Biometric bearings, I have one in my house. Have had this piece of wood for nearly 60 years. It's call lignum vitae...
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Ed Phillips
evp@...
Oct 1, 2004 3:14 pm
"If you check back through your emails you will note I mentioned several passages form Martain's book where Tesla details various experiments where particles...
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McGalliard, Frederick B
frederick.b.mcgalliar...
Oct 1, 2004 3:16 pm
Jim. I think the reaction includes 2Na +O2 > Na2O2 (simple combustion in air), 2Na + 2H2O > 2NAOH + H2, and I would expect a proportion of Na + H2O > Na2O2 +...
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haltreacy@...
haltreacy
Oct 1, 2004 4:10 pm
Jet, having taken a spectroscopy course in college I often marvelled how theory fit actuality (bands of darkness on exposed camera film). In addition to the...
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Jim Farrer
jfarrer
Oct 1, 2004 6:41 pm
-M-, your equation is not balanced. Play a bit with it. You have 2 hydrogen on the left, and 3 hydrogen on the right. Mine is at least balanced. I no longer...
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Ed Phillips
evp@...
Oct 1, 2004 8:58 pm
"Apparently mercury breaks down the oxide layer and can make Al "dissolve." Reportedly Hg paste was used to sabotage WWII German planes. Also the oxide layer...
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Jet Black
jetninjablack
Oct 1, 2004 10:00 pm
... I'll note , but omit this point , for the time being.Too many questions about the 35mm film & other stuff you were using. ... The more I look the happier I...
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Zulaware
zulamike2k2
Oct 1, 2004 10:26 pm
Oops. That's what you get when you copy stuff off of websites and don't bother to check it. *Really* balanced it is 4-Na + 4-H20 => 4-NaOH + 2-H2 and 4-Na + 02...
14504
Jet Black
jetninjablack
Oct 1, 2004 11:57 pm
... I made that mistake once before. ... Is it possible to calculate or figure what type of heat is being emitted ? I am unfamiliar with the workings of a...
14505
haltreacy@...
haltreacy
Oct 2, 2004 1:28 pm
Jet I am impressed by the Aus-e-tute information. Their membership fee seems a little steep - do the schools in Australia subsidize student memberships? I...
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Jim Farrer
jfarrer
Oct 2, 2004 1:37 pm
Sounds like the mercury is acting like a catalyst -- participates in the chemical activity, but emerges unchanged at the end, ready to particpate all over...
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Zulaware
zulamike2k2
Oct 2, 2004 5:35 pm
I think this is what is technically known as a "tough question." Going from memory (I'll try to get some time for a better answer later), heat from reactions...
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Jim Farrer
jfarrer
Oct 2, 2004 9:12 pm
From this, and J.B.'s response, perhaps a few words on spectroscopy, how light is produced, the Fraunhofer lines, etc. could be of interest. Light is produced...
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Jet Black
jetninjablack
Oct 2, 2004 10:43 pm
... The difficulty of the question is a result of me spending far too much time on the application of the science of Physics & not enough time on applied ...
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Jet Black
jetninjablack
Oct 3, 2004 1:04 am
... It does appear to be quite a useful site , all the info I needed (for the time being) was in open sight. I didn't look at picking the lock on the members...
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Zulaware
zulamike2k2
Oct 3, 2004 2:23 am
Isn't the internet great? Here's a full description of how energy of reactions are calculated with references to the tables used for values: ...
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Jet Black
jetninjablack
Oct 3, 2004 3:09 am
... A Black Body seems to be a theoretical device. In the link below it seems to be explained by Quantum. I have a lot of trouble understanding Quantum...
14513
dongibbs
dongibbs2001
Oct 3, 2004 12:34 pm
I'm sure everyone is aware how hazardous mercury and HF are. Exercise EXTREME CARE is using either one. What may not be widely known is Whink, the stuff...
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Jim Farrer
jfarrer
Oct 3, 2004 1:55 pm
Thanks for this heads up on Whink, Don! What a bad product, and with no warnings, especially no content listing. Goes to prove that all of our enemies are...
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Jim Farrer
jfarrer
Oct 3, 2004 5:28 pm
Thanks, Zula, for your email and especially the URLs. But I still don't know the manner in which the black body generates photons. It's easy to measure, but...
14516
Island Roamer
island_roame...
Oct 4, 2004 5:19 am
Fast question, when it comes to a tesla coil what is the best frequency to use that gives the biggest output...? ...
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Bert Hickman
bert_hickman
Oct 4, 2004 2:45 pm
Hello, There are no magic frequencies that will provide markedly better Tesla Coil performance. For any size coil you will always get the best output when the...
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Jet Black
jetninjablack
Oct 4, 2004 11:22 pm
... As mentioned in a wrongly titled email. A Black Body seems to be a theoretical device. In the link below it seems to be explained by Quantum. ...
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herzog@...
Oct 5, 2004 1:59 am
Interesting info on mercury. There aren't any aluminum turbine blades that I know of....But back in the Victorian Era, there were electrical power plants that...
14520
James Moore
tbirds818
Oct 5, 2004 3:46 am
That is strange but interesting info on the huge vats of mercury, vaporized to power turbine generators! Wow... i bet those guys had a bad case of the piles......
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Jet Black
jetninjablack
Oct 5, 2004 6:35 am
I am about to go outside & do a bit more reasearch & sketchwork etc into the Ark of the Covenant & Tabernackle setup. I have uploaded some period pictures...
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toto007me
Oct 5, 2004 8:25 am
Hello, Is it any Tesla group in the Bay Area? If not any group in California? Any annual meeting or conference in USA? I would like to meet people interested...
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LJ C
helioaxis
Oct 5, 2004 11:55 am
Daaa-wuuud, NIIIICE- photos! I really like that first page. I kinda pressed for time, so I catch the rest at the end of the day! But checkit, consider this...,...
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Jim Farrer
jfarrer
Oct 5, 2004 1:55 pm
Back in "that Victorian era" I grew up in Mason City Iowa. Our town had its own PG & E very early in the A.C. electricity game. The plant was quite old when...
