On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Frederick Sparber wrote: > Why is this interesting? > > http://www-methods.ch.cam.ac.uk/meth/ms/theory/esi.html.
Tesla's death ray! From Tesla's description of his weapon, electrospray of ionized atomic clusters is probably the phenomenon that creates the beam (and then he accelerates it with a few hundred megavolts.) Also, emission of clusters from a high voltage needle is somehow mixed up with several of Ken Shoulders' EV experiments. The clusters are heavy, and multiply-charged. The real question is... do they always have the e/m ratio of electrons, or are electrosprayed clusters being mistaken for Shoulders' EVs? Also: whether they're EVs or not, if we accelerate the charged particle-clusters to high enough KE, they'll act as any other ion beam, and in that case we can easily cut deep holes in solid matter ala "ion beam machining." (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 206-789-0775 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
