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From: ardai@bass.bu.edu (Michael Ardai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Flux Gate Compass
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Date: 8 Feb 91 02:19:19 GMT
References: <1991Jan28.205348.11533@mtcchi.uucp> <529@wicat.UUCP> <310@nachos.SSESCO.com>
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In article <310@nachos.SSESCO.com> elmquist@nachos.SSESCO.com (Chris Elmquist) writes:
>In article <529@wicat.UUCP> keithm@wicat.UUCP (Keith McQueen) writes:
--The REAL question is:  If I get one of these and feed it with
--1.21 Gigawatts of power from a nuclear reaction, or from a well
--placed lightning bolt, can it be used as a time travel machine?
--
--Or is that only if it is mounted in a DeLorean automobile?
-
-I think it has to be a "flux gate *CAPACITOR*" and you
-probably need the DeLorean too...

Actually, the flux capacitor (not flux gate capacitor) is both the
active element of the DeLorean and the antigrav pallet jacks on 
ST:TNG (Hollow Pursuits)

/mike
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