Perhapsatron
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The Perhapsatron was an early fusion power device based on the pinch concept in the 1950s. Conceived by James (Jim) Tuck while working at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), he whimsically named the device on the chance that it might be able to create fusion reactions.
The Lorentz force created by a lightning strike crushed this hollow lightning rod and led to the discovery of the pinch technique.
James L. Tuck
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James Leslie Tuck was a British physicist, working on the applications of explosives as part of the British delegation to Manhattan Project.
James Tuck's ID badge photo from Los Alamos