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Subject: Re: Toroids, anyone?
Date: Aug 24, 11:16 am
Poster: Stephen Coley

On Aug 24, 11:16 am, Stephen Coley wrote:

Bravo!

In the Hirsch/Meeks patent is a suggestion that the Hirsch/Meeks style fusor could be built in a toroidal shape, a donut shaped cathode inside a larger donut shaped anode. I'm unaware if any attempt was ever made to construct it.

Your design poses some interesting questions, like just what is going on in there?