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Ever heard of a Tesla coil based Metals Analyzer? (vanity)
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Posted on 08/25/2007 5:20:23 PM PDT by Free Vulcan
I have this machine called a Metals Analyzer made by Applied Precision Technologies. It looks to be made in the 60's.
It was given to my father by a man who said it was based on Tesla coil technology. Anyone know anything about it?
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: analyzer; coil; metal; tesla
To: Free Vulcan
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posted on
08/25/2007 5:29:01 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
To: xcamel
Invented by Nicholi Tesla back in the 30’s. Electromagnetic coil.
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posted on
08/25/2007 5:30:12 PM PDT
by
CH3CN
To: Free Vulcan
yes. it turns sea water into gold.
To: Free Vulcan
Do you happen to have a
Tesla Oscillator "earthquake machine" as well? Very rare -- but Karl Rove has one.
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posted on
08/25/2007 5:35:10 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: Free Vulcan
nope....not a clue....but I just BET it had something to do with GLOBAL WARMING and why it was so freaking hot today. you must, of course, destroy it. (if your father had destroyed it, it wouldn’t have been so freaking hot....hmmmm...i think i’ll contact a lawyer tomorrow)
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posted on
08/25/2007 5:37:41 PM PDT
by
ZinGirl
To: Free Vulcan
DON’T touch the little red button!!!! :)
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posted on
08/25/2007 5:40:20 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: Mr. Mojo
My beeber has a Tesla oscillator in it. It’s very nice.
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posted on
08/25/2007 6:04:30 PM PDT
by
Paul Heinzman
(Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin' in your line.)
To: Free Vulcan
It's used in tinfoil hat production.
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posted on
08/25/2007 6:07:05 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Paul Heinzman
I want one of them earthquake devices bad. Don’t ask why, I just do.
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posted on
08/25/2007 6:23:51 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: xcamel
I don’t have my digital camera with me, and my internet on my cell phone isn’t cooperating. Get you pics as soon as I can.
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posted on
08/25/2007 6:53:39 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Fight the illegal Mexican colonizers & imperialist conquistadors! Long live the resistance!)
To: Free Vulcan
I bet it’s a plasma emission spectrometer. The sparks (courtesy of the Tesla coil) vaporize a small amount of metal from the surface and make it glow, and then a UV/Vis spectrometer looks for spectral emission lines corresponding to the various likely suspects, Cr, Mo, Co, Mn, V, W, etc.
Just a guess. (But, maybe the first useful post on the thread. Sorry about that.)
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posted on
08/25/2007 8:42:43 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: Free Vulcan
YES! I know exactly what you are talking about.
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posted on
08/25/2007 8:56:05 PM PDT
by
Malichi
(!)
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