And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saw a substation go up with an arc like this one, one night driving out of Houston. You could see the light from quite a few miles away, but up close, it was something, as was the noise. Not sure what the problem was, but the arc kept going for quite a while, coming up to it and passing it. Far, far brighter than the sun. Difficult to drive around it, it was so bright - you couldn't see anything else.
Not too often do you get to hear electricity
ReplyDeleteMachine museum in Chicago has a large tesla coil that is active. amazing display.
DeleteI bet that would cook my bacon!
ReplyDeleteAnd much more I would wager.
DeleteYet electric won't jump the foot between the plug and extension cord if it's not plugged in
ReplyDeleteBecause household electricity isn't 100K+ volts and thousands of Amps.
DeleteSaw a substation go up with an arc like this one, one night driving out of Houston. You could see the light from quite a few miles away, but up close, it was something, as was the noise. Not sure what the problem was, but the arc kept going for quite a while, coming up to it and passing it. Far, far brighter than the sun. Difficult to drive around it, it was so bright - you couldn't see anything else.
ReplyDeleteThe Griffith Park Observatory in LA has a great Tesla Coil.
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