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... of background............<br/> <br/> Steve was a technician much like Gene Meeks. Unlike Gene he never rose to have his own fusor station, but maintained both the Farnsworth ...

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Now all we have to do is get Gene Meeks hooked up. Yeah, that'll happen. Give my regards to Steve, let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

--PS

<t>The mark II prime was Gene Meeks machine and was a T + D machine. It never ran away. The runaway machine was not identified to me though ...

According to Gene Meeks and Bob Hirsch, effectively, zero difference in realized output with the fanciest and most beautifully constructed grids.

Univ. of Wisc. claims better focusing with a latitude-longitude banded grid.

Richard Hull

<t>I have images in hand of larger cylindrical Hirsch- Meeks grids from the 60s! Gene Meeks was in charge of testing them out and said they worked just fine. They never got a chance ...

... did in the entire fusor episode.<br/> <br/> Source: Initially - Gene Meeks<br/> <br/> Confirmation: Fred Haak, Steven Blaising, George Bain<br/> <br/> Phil was ...

... of all project engineering and had a EE Masters degree) Right after Meeks, George Bain was the longest fusor team member in the effort (59-68).<br/> ... at ITT and retire comfortably in the 1980's.<br/> <br/> Farnsworth and Gene Meeks did have offices in Brigham Young University, but only Meeks ...

... under Andrew Gardner and Robert Bass from about 1968 to 1972 or 73. Gene Meeks was out there during this period assisting in the effort. But, ultimately, the program ...

... in the Farnsworth fusion effort after Farnsworth left in 1965. He and Gene Meeks were the inventors of the simpler fusor we use here, now. He is also the former head ...

I believe this is the one known as "Two Prime." It's one of the machines that Gene Meeks was most familiar with, and produced some of the best numbers in the Pontiac St. lab.

Where'd you get the picture, and why do you ask?

--PS