Scientific, Instrument, Physics, Electricity, Tesla Coil, Vintage, Italy, Early 20th Century

Tesla Coil High Tension Transformer
Produzione Scientifica Paravia, Torino, Italy: Early 20th Century
Mixed metals and wires, on wooden base
16 inches high
10.75 x 8.5 inch, wooden base

This is offered primarily for prop rentals, but also available for purchase.

A Tesla coil, of typical form, with primary and secondary coil, on wooden base with electrical posts, supported by 3 glass insulator feet. The Tesla coil was invented by Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) and transforms energy into high-voltage charges, creating powerful electrical fields. It consists of a primary coil surrounding a narrower secondary coil, each with its own capacitor. The system is powered by a separate high-energy source and a transformer.  The device is also referred to sometimes as being “after” Elster-Geitel, for two German physicists, Julius Elster (1854-1920) and Hans Geitel (1855-1923) who contributed to the further development of it. This particular model would have been used for classroom demonstrations in physics and electrical engineering laboratories.

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