From: marc metlicka
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 00:12:56 -0400
Subject: Re: [TSSP] Article on Tesla coil performance
Marco, I think it great that any exposure of T coiling at all hits the scientific community and is a great leap in knowledge in general for all, including the general public! Only through exposure will our future masters be born, and as an old "thinker", I have to say that in your words all of our research shines. As always, Take care, Marc M. Marco Denicolai wrote: > > Hello all, > > An article I wrote has been accepted and is scheduled for publication on > Review of Scientic Instruments, Vol. 73, No 9, September 2002. It is > named "Optimal performance for Tesla transformers" and presents a > mathematical view of the process of changing L1, L2, C1 and C2 in order > to achieve the best performance. It is based on several "classical" > references, on my thesis and on Antonio's material too. > > I'm not mailing this to you to get more "shine". On the contrary, I > would like to say a couple (3-4 ?) of things. > > 1. I wrote the article only because my professor from the Helsinki > University pressed for it (to get the department name on the print, you > know...). I feel a little like a hore, producing paper material to be > allowed to go on with Thor's business... > > 2. I feel a little bit ashamed because there are people like Paul, > Malcolm, Terry, Antonio, and many others that have been doing enormously > more thinking/working/acting on these matters than me. They would merit > many times more than me to get their name on that paper. I made sure to > mention all material used from Antonio's web site and publications. I > also hope it is clear from the article that it was not my own research. > I just put together other's work results and drawn / wrote down the > conclusions. > > 3. I just wanted to be the first telling this to you to make clear the > two above issues, before someone starts thinking I tried to divert > someone else's glory on me. > > Let me know if you have a different point of view on these matters, > please :) > > At this link > > http://ojps.aip.org/servlet/HelpSystem?KEY=RSINAK&TYPE=HELP/AIPPOSTING > > you can find the (very short) "Web posting guidelines" for authors. I > understand it so that I can put the PDF article (or a draft of it) on my > Web page, if I include the required copyright notice. I think that means > I can also email the same file to who I like if I include in my email > the same notice. > Please, could some of you (english mothertongue) check that page? Did I > get it right? If the answer is yes I could, of course, put that article > on my web for downloading. > > Best Regards > ============================================================ > The information contained in this message may be privileged > and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an > employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. > > Thank you. > Tellabs > ============================================================
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