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Re: TC Electrostatics (fwd)
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: TC Electrostatics (fwd)
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From: lod@pacbell.net
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Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 21:31:10 -0800
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Subscriber: lod@pacbell.net Sat Jan 4 21:53:00 1997
Tesla List wrote:
> > Isn't Ohm's law at work here as well? I am convinced that if you replace
> > the 100 ft wire with a (non-conductive) 100 ft string, that the apparatus
> > will not work.
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> > -GL
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> You are correct! But, this is only due to the nature and place of metal
> in the "electrostatic series" of materials! It is dead center. It is
> totally neutral. It is conductive of electrostatic charge and I'm not
> talking about the dynamic currents of ohms law. Electrostatic charge can
> travel along the surface of a conductor/dielctric interface without
> ever entering it!!!! I have done the experiment!
[snip]
Can you describe this experiment in greater detail? I am still convinced
that stationary charge is the same quantity as moving charge.
-GL