[105805] in Cypherpunks
Re: How to make non-neutral charge batteries...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Sat Nov 21 14:43:21 1998
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:41:11 -0500
To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>,
cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811100313.VAA15569@einstein.ssz.com>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
At 09:13 PM 11/9/98 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
>The two vertical plates above are not a capacitor. They simply represent
>some mechanism to hold charge, Leyden Jars for example.
A Leyden Jar _IS_ a capacitor, which _IS_ a mechanism to hold charge.
Capacitors don't have to come from a factory in plastic or ceramic packaging;
they're simply two (or more) conductive surfaces separated by insulation;
that insulation can be air (or probably even vacuum), though there are
much better insulators around, which commercial capacitors normally use.
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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