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The Explodium, a high voltage capacitor bank :
Mark I - VI - What do you do with a 2KV transformer?
Mark VII
Mark VIII
Mark IX - Pneumatics out, spark gap in.
Mark X, testing the trigatron.

MHD experiments:
Initial experiment, 2KV AC arc under influence of a magnetic field.

Bottle rockets:

The classic bottle rocket is pressurised by a foot pump, until pressure is reached sufficient to pop the cork and send it flying. Naturally, we took it up a level.

Initial tests