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Tesla coil   /tˈɛslə kɔɪl/   Listen
Tesla coil

noun
1.
A step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce high voltages at high frequencies.





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... in front of which Seaton donned a heavy leather harness, buckled about his shoulders, body and legs; to which were attached numerous handles, switches, boxes and other pieces of apparatus. He snapped the switch which started the Tesla coil in the shed and pressed a button on an instrument in his hand, attached to his harness by a small steel cable. Instantly there was a creak of straining leather and he shot vertically into the air for perhaps a hundred feet, where he stopped and remained motionless for ...
— The Skylark of Space • Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby


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