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Re: Capacitor charge, were is it?
Re: "Old Ben Franklin"
He had a clear picture of what was going on in his
electrostatics experiments, and also apparently coined the
terminology "positive" and "negative" charge. Fascinating
scientist, statesman, bon vivant (read his "How to pick a
mistress" sometime), etc. I've had dinner in the room in
the Crillion hotel in Paris where the Treaty of Paris, which
he helped negotiate to end the Revolutionary War, was signed.
Our country was indeed lucky to have giants such as him in
a time of need.
Sorry for the sermon,
Ed Phillips