On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Benjamin Bromilow wrote:

>> ;-) I collect old technical books. Not seriously (yet) but I buy whatever
>> I can afford. How would a VanDeGraaff (sp?) power an X-ray tube ? The
>> current would be too low I think. You piqued my interest here <g>. I have
>
>I'll get my brother to bring up the book from my parents home and I'll scan
>the pages. It's got some great bits in it.... how to make gunpowder etc. But
>then I believe it's possibly older than my dad (? a hand-me-down), and from
>a similar vintage as my grandmothers recipe for cookies with one of the
>ingredients being Cocaine! I kid ye not.... It was legal and perfectly
>respectable back then!
>
>Thinking about it, is it a VdGG or a Windshurst (sp?)machine. I can remember
>it uses vinyl records and glass sheets which rotate against each other.....
>Glad they're not cellulose nitrate! Big sparks and CN...... Who needs home
>made gun powder?

Ah, Wimshurst. Yes that should give more current I think ...

Peter

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