Re: A Puzzle

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• Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 10:17:35 -0500
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From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent: 	Saturday, September 06, 1997 4:17 PM
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Subject: 	Re: A Puzzle

Richard Wayne Wall wrote:


> >The peak current in amps can easily be determined by measuring the
> >total capacitance of the machine.  Divide the in coulombs by the time
> >in sec (assume 1 microsec for most machines) and this gives the total
> >peak current in amperes.
> 
> snip
> 
> Unfortunately, your method is severely flawed.  There was a long thread
> on the the interconverability of electrostatic coulombs and EM coulombs
> this last year.  The original experimental method proposing to connect
> the two is severely lacking.  R. Hull has written elegant posts in this
> regard.  You may refer to the archives or perhaps Richard may choose to
> comment on this old information.

Forgive my laziness for not searching through the archives, but aren't
all coulombs the same thing, if you believe in the Conservation of Charge?


-GL

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