#8334
vansig
Participant

boron trifluoride is a precursor to the boranes.

“Boron trifluoride was discovered in 1808 by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard, who were trying to isolate “fluoric acid” (i.e. hydrofluoric acid) by combining calcium fluoride with vitrified boric acid; the resulting vapours failed to etch glass, so they named it fluoboric gas.”

capture of the exit beam is a significant step. the Rogowski coil is dated circa late 19th to early 20th century.

The onion is completely new science, probably requiring photonic band gap semiconductors. In absense of this, a heat engine would convert energy.
“The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal flow turbine patented by Nikola Tesla in 1913.”