DocumentCode
975847
Title
Birkeland´s electromagnetic gun: a historical review
Author
Egeland, Alv
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Oslo Univ., Norway
Volume
17
Issue
2
fYear
1989
fDate
4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
73
Lastpage
82
Abstract
After a brief biography of K.B. Birkeland, the author describes Birkeland´s electromagnetic gun project and provides details of the so-called Gala lecture at the University of Oslo on Feb. 6, 1903, when Birkeland officially demonstrated his gun. The future potential of Birkeland´s gun for mass transport and rocket launches is also examined
Keywords
electromagnetic launchers; history; Birkeland´s electromagnetic gun; Gala lecture; history; mass transport; rocket launches; Biographies; Biological materials; Corona; Electromagnetic scattering; Energy exchange; Finishing; Laboratories; Mathematics; Maxwell equations; Physics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/27.24611
Filename
24611
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