Re: Wimshurst (tesla coil current)

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: John <fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > The dish was only electrified slightly when using paper.
 >   I don't feel like looking though box after box for something higher in
 > the triboelectric series like wool or silk at the moment.What was your
 > conclusion?

Regular alcaline glass. Excessively conductive for a static machine.
But the shape of the plate was not good too for this use.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz