Generator 2

# 1. Device Overview

This document summarizes essential details for materials, setup, and operation. This is for transcription, archival, and research purposes only. It is based on an old patent and is not intended as a finished product.
Operating conditions described require specialized handling and safety precautions, and the descriptions outlined here do not constitute a recommendation or endorsement to build or operate the device. Attempts to replicate or build upon these models are entirely at your own risk.
**Source:**
- **Shoulders, Kenneth R.** _U.S. Patent No. 5,123,039_. Issued June 16, 1992.
- Image: Figure 3 on sheet 1 (page 3)
- Text: **FROM** page 44 column 8 line 34 **UNTIL** page 45 column 9 line 15
## 1.1. Purpose

**Basic Function:**
To generate EVs by applying a high-voltage pulse to a sharpened cathode in a controlled vacuum or gas environment, and extract electrical energy from the load resistor as well as information from the process through an oscilloscope.