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Earle Lewis Ovington, Frederick Finch
Strong, and Thomas Burton Kinraide:
A Trio of Boston's Earliest High
Frequency, X-Ray and Therapeutic Currents Pioneers |
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Reminiscences Of A Birdman by Robert D. Campbell
The incredible story of the life of Earle L. Ovington
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Original Artifacts |
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RAVENSCROFT:
The Winter Home Of Thomas Burton Kinraide |
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Frederick Finch
Strong's Ajax Coil variation |
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Kinraide's
Home and Laboratory |
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Kinraide's Laboratory: Recovered Materials Gallery I
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In
Quest Of Kinraide: Feb. 2007 / May 2005:
Recovered coils and misc. items |
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Thomas
Burton Kinraide's original test equipment:
Queen Co. Decade Box and General Radio Wave Meter |
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Earliest & Largest Surviving Kinraide/Tesla Coil
13.5" Diameter x 6.5" Deep x 18" Tall Pancake Coil and the
remains of a 28" Tall post from an even larger coil. |
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Jackson
Coil Name Plate Found
"Manufactured under Kinraide Patents,
Swett & Lewis Co." |
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Original
Swett & Lewis X-Ray Tube - Type A |
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Featured Collector
Frank Jones: Swett & Lewis X-Ray Tube |
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Kinraide
Coils: Gallery I
Kinraide's Kinraide Coils from 1897:
These are the oldest surviving Tesla Coils. |
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Kinraide
Coils: Gallery II
Note the familiar shape later associated with
Kinraide's work. |
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Kinraide Coils: Gallery III
Largest Surviving Tesla Coil from 1897 |
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Prototype Combination Pancake Coil /
Condenser
This is a complete Pancake Coil (1/2" Copper Strap Primary,
Multilayered Flat Spiral Secondary) on top of a glass enclosed mica/tin foil
cap. |
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Artifact Experiments |
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Original Kinraide Coil Test - Bipolar Arrangement |
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Original Kinraide Coil Test |
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Modern Reproductions |
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Griffith Park
Tesla Coil and Reproductions:
Just some of the brilliant work of Bill Wysock |
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Kinraide Coil Reproduction, Varnished, with movie. |
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Kinraide Coil Reproduction, with Water-Cooled Copper Plate Spark Gap |
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Strong-Ovington Reproduction Photos |
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Strong-Ovington Arcs Sparks and Flames |
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Strong-Ovington Disk Effluves |
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Strong-Ovington High Resolution Photo |
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Photographic Plates |
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Electric Discharge Photographs by Thomas Burton Kinraide
137 Images |
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In
Quest Of Kinraide:
22"x28" Electric Discharge Photos from 1899-1900
From the family of Thomas Burton Kinraide |
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Thomas Burton
Kinraide's Electric Discharge Photos:
A Selection of Exposures from 8x10 Glass Plate Negatives
47 Images |
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Kinraide Fragments:
Damaged 11x14 Glass Plate Negatives
54 Images |
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Kinraide Fragments:
Damaged 8x10 Glass Plate Negatives
213 Images |
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Kinraide Fragments:
Damaged 8.5x6.5 Glass Plate Negatives
22 Images |
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Kinraide Fragments:
Damaged 6.5x6.5 Glass Plate Negatives
44 Images |
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Kinraide Fragments:
Damaged 5x7 Glass Plate Negatives
4 Images |
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Catalogues |
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* The Kinraide Coil
Here is the original book describing
this incredible device. |
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* The
Kinraide Coil
A slightly later version of the above book, more details. |
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* Swett And Lewis X-Ray Coils And Tubes
A catalogue of Kinraide Patents and
related accessories. |
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* The Jackson Coil
The Jackson Coil was a therapeutic
version of the "Kinraide Coil". The coils are very unique, and produced remarkable effluves. They
were a very curious design. |
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* Swett
And Lewis Company High Frequency Coils
This catalogue features a broad range of coils developed by
Kinraide
and Jackson, as well as some fascinating accessory apparatus.
The Jackson Coil
The Jackson Special
The Cyclone Floor Model
The Cyclone Desk Model
The Cyclone Portable Model
The Kinraide Coil
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* Electro-Radiation Company - Succeeding Swett & Lewis Company
Manufacturers of High Frequency X-Ray and Electro-Medical
Apparatus |
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Electro-Radiation Company
Frederick Finch Strong |
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Medical Articles |
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Eleventh Annual
Meeting Of American Electro-Therapeutic Association
Held in Buffalo, NY Sept 24, 25, 26 1901: Thomas Burton Kinraide |
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Frederick
Finch Strong:
Electricity In Life
How To Use High Frequency Currents
In The Treatment Of Disease |
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Frederick Finch
Strong: X-Ray Tubes for High Frequency Coils |
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Frederick Finch
Strong: The Home-Treatment Of Tuberculosis by
High Frequency Currents |
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Frederick Finch Strong - A New System Of High Frequency Therapeutics
(Strong-Ovington Coil) |
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Some
Peculiar Properties Of High Frequency Currents
Earle Ovington |
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Kinraide / Swett & Lewis "Boston" Ultraviolet Lamp
(Iron Arc Lamp) |
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Walter H. White: New Set Of High Frequency Electrodes
for Jackson Coil (Swett & Lewis, Kinraide) |
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American X-Ray Journal - December 1900 Röntgen Ray Society
Kinraide, Kassabian, Monell, Waite, etc. talking about X-Ray Burns
and X-Ray Tubes Exploding (Imploding)... |
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High
Frequency Currents - Dr. E. T. Nealey |
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Dr. Thos
Blair - The X-Ray In Country Practice |
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The Ultra Violet
Rays - Swett & Lewis / Kinraide UV Lamp |
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Book Excerpts |
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*
Frederick Finch Strong - High Frequency Currents - Excerpts
I consider this book the best ever
written on high frequency currents. Strong was not only a pioneer, but a historian. A must-have book for
collectors.
* High
Frequency Currents (Entire book) |
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Excerpts from Electro-Therapeutics, Röntgen Ray Apparatus:
Kinraide Coils, as described by Kinraide in Sept. 1901
An interesting excerpt on "Kinraide Coils".
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* Excerpts
from Monell's "System Of Instruction In X-Ray
Methods...": Kinraide and X-Ray Burns / High Frequency Burns
Here he describes the destructive
effect of electricity on tissues, years before high frequency currents were mentioned for destroying tissues. |
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Kinraide found in Kassabian book |
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Kinraide
in misc. books |
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Newspaper Clippings |
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* Newspaper
Clippings About Kinraide, Keely Motor, Kinraide Coils, |
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December 1920
Kinraide Legal Separation Headlines
Exhibited with permission from Boston Globe archives |
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Magazine Articles |
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* Curious Electrical Forms As Shown By Mr.
T. Burton Kinraide's
Recent Photographs Of Electrical Discharges
Anabel Parker, Century Magazine, 3 July 1902, Vol. LXIV
Image Gallery
Text Version |
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Alrededor Del Mundo: Imagenes curiosas de la electricidad
Around The World: Curious Images Of The Electricity
Thomas Burton Kinraide, July 1902 |
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Letters |
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Elihu Thomson:
Keely Reminiscences
A rare account of what really happened at Keely séances made
by Elihu Thomson and Professor Houston |
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Elihu
Thomson: Letter To Thomas Burton Kinraide |
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Elihu Thomson:
Letter To Frederick Finch Strong
A rare look at the diplomatic nature of Thomson regarding a
question still posed today: Who invented the Tesla Coil? Did
Thomson have priority over Tesla? |
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Advertisements |
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Kinraide Coil, Jackson Coil, Cyclone Coil, Ajax Coil Ads |
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Friends |
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Savannah Georgia Galleries:
1. Savannah Trip
2. Boneadventure Cemetery
3. Dr. Richard Joseph
Nunn Grave
4. Richard Joseph
Nunn Artifacts from Scottish Rite Masonic Center
5. Dr. Eugene Rollin Corson's homes
6. Getting Home Sick... |
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Forgotten Physicians, Authors, Friends, and Family |
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Early Competition |
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Electric Spark Photos for Salesmanship |
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Campbell
Brothers X-Ray Pioneers, Lynn MA
Charles Edward Campbell and Fred Rupert Campbell |
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(C) Jeff Behary 2009 |