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Sounds interesting. On 4/26/2014 9:51 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
On 4/26/14, 5:11 AM, Jim wrote:Thanks to all. Your answers have helped me understand these principles better. I went looking online for a u-shape tube in order to see an example of the popular 'electricity as hydraulics' analogy. I did not find one but I did find this wikipedia article on 'electricity as hydraulics'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_analogy I will have to study the issue in depth in order to understand LC circuits clearly. I am showing my coil to some middle school children on Thursday and was planning on bringing a pendulum in order to help teach the concept of LC circuits. I kinda like the water sloshing back and forth in a glass tube analogy.I'd seriously consider trying the coupled pendulum experiment. Lots of ways to do it, but here's an easy one. Get a broomstick or piece of pipe that's 4 feet long, approximately.Hang two pendulums (weight on a string) from the pipe, spaced about a foot apart. Make the pendulum around 2-3 feet long, so the period is reasonably slow.Set the broom stick across the backs of two chairs facing away from each other, so a couple sawhorses, etc. The pendulums need to hang free, and the broom stick needs to be free to move a bit.Start *one* of the pendulums swinging. Watch _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
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