Low jitter, low inductance solid dielectric switches.
It has been shown that the use of graded solid dielectric sandwiches in laser-triggered spark gaps (LTS) can lead to highly desirable multichannel operations while maintaining the low delay and jitter performance characteristics of LTS. As many as ten separate breakdown channels were observed when small circular or hexagonal aluminum inserts were inserted between two Mylar dielectric sheets stressed at 4.1 kV/mil. A reduction in rise time was noted for these multichannel switching events.
Novel principle of transient high-voltage generation
It is shown how voltage multiplication can be obtained by the transient reversal of the voltages in alternate units of series-connected systems. This leads to three groups of high-voltage generators whose performances are discussed theoretically. The results of preliminary experiments are reported briefly: these are in agreement with the theoretical predictions and show that voltages of about 1 MV are readily obtained by these methods.
Religion and school
The report presents and argues in favor of the thesis that the secular school offers no alternative in modern society. Simultaneously, the author displays the basic contours of spiritual physiognomy of such a modern school which in many ways differs from the, school we know in this country. The school the author pleads for does not decide among various contents that influence forming of the young, within which the line is established between theism - atheism, but, on the contrary, pleads for the principle of humanistic education. The predominant here is the notion of methodological skepticism which marks the principle by which the process of education should be realized as though there were no God, or - which is on the same level - as though there were God. Out of this basic principle any others upon which the concept of modern secular school the author pleads for is established can be drawn. It ought not to neglect the rich, scientifically confirmed knowledge on the phenomenon of religion and atheism, which should be, presented in all school subjects where the contents allow for it as well as the Religious Culture should be introduced as a compulsory subject. By introducing this subject as a collection of knowledge on the phenomenon of the, religious, we would avoid imposing a particular religious culture as an attitude, behavior, belief and evaluation.