Date: Wed Feb 14 17:23:04 2007

Author: Bernard Cleyet

Subject: Re: Van de Graaffs

Post:
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------060509040806060602050107
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Perhaps I've posted this before. Marc reminds me of a retired
scientist's (in Santa Barbara) VdG using a vacuum cleaner to supply the
wind to ferry up mica pieces.

bc, doesn't remember any detail, as ca. 1955.

Marc "Zeke" Kossover wrote:

>From: Michael A Thomason thomason@Colorado.EDU
>
>
>
>
>>hand with a hand-cranked generator.
>>
>>
>
>
>I love my hand crank VDG. I have this one from Arbor http://www.arborsci.com/detail.aspx?ID=559 and it makes sparks a couple of inches and has no problems raising the hair of even wavy haired students. All the parts are clearly visible and without a connection to the wall, no one thinks that it is wall current doing the work.
>
>Zeke Kossover
>
>
>
>____________________________________________________________________________________
>Do you Yahoo!?
>Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
>http://new.mail.yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
>

--------------060509040806060602050107
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit








Perhaps I've posted this before. Marc reminds me of a retired
scientist's (in Santa Barbara) VdG using a vacuum cleaner to supply the
wind to ferry up mica pieces.

bc, doesn't remember any detail, as ca. 1955.

Marc "Zeke" Kossover wrote:

From: Michael A Thomason thomason@Colorado.EDU




hand with a hand-cranked generator.




I love my hand crank VDG. I have this one from Arbor http://www.arborsci.com/detail.aspx?ID=559 and it makes sparks a couple of inches and has no problems raising the hair of even wavy haired students. All the parts are clearly visible and without a connection to the wall, no one thinks that it is wall current doing the work.

Zeke Kossover



____________________________________________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
http://new.mail.yahoo.com








--------------060509040806060602050107--