Re: Capacitor charge, were is it?

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• Subject: Re: Capacitor charge, were is it?
• From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
• Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 12:00:19 -0800

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From ed-at-alumni.caltech.eduTue Nov  5 22:11:45 1996
> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:28:14 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Capacitor charge, were is it?
> 
>         Richard Hull as a good electrometer (maybe more than one).
> I suggest this experiment:
>         Make a capacitor of convenient dimensions to fit in a
> jar.  Perhaps coaxial cylinders of parallel plates.  Measure
> the capacitance, then place it in the jar, fill with transformer
> oil, and measure the capacitance again.  Suspend the capacitor
> and charge it to some convenient voltage.  Remove the jar with
> the oil in it and measure the voltage again.  Compare the original
> charge C1*V1 to the final charge C2*V2 and post the results here.
> Ed Phillips



THIS SHALL BE DONE!

DO THE EXPERIMENT!

Richard Hull, TCBOR

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