"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob H." wrote:
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> > Electric beams?  Hmmm.  Unsure of what you're asking.  I was trying to
think
> > of the name for a device it reminded me of after I saw the More
Electricity
> > animation.  It's got two stiff wires or metal rods that are closer
together
> > at the bottom than the top.  The electricity traverses upward off the
top
> > and begins again at the bottom, cycling through that way.  Tried to look
it
> > up and failed.
>
> Jacob's Ladder.
>

Thanks Ken, I should have at least made that as a guess.  Thought up that
name for one of my nephews (Jacob, not Ladder) and I had seen one of those
on TV not long ago.

Bob H.

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