Re: First time on...Moray bits

Bill McMurtry ( weber@powerup.com.au )
Wed, 04 Feb 1998 08:20:01 +1000

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>First to Kenneth Carrigan about Overunity. When it comes to Moray using a
>cold cathode device, I believe this is true. As far as I know Moray made a
>solid state device using germanium that behaved like a transistor. He sent
>this off to the US Patent Office in 1927 (around the same year you
>mentioned), but was rejected because they said it would not work without a
>heated cathode.

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>Thanks
>
>M.R.

Hi M.R.

My understanding is that Moray's cold cathode tubes were a seperate
component, in his device, to the germanium-using (diode?) component.
Perhaps someone can clarify this.

Bill.