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Article #1456Re: Jacob's Ladders (was Re: What are those things called...)
From: david atkatz
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:17
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:17
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So far, in describing the operation of a Jacob's Ladder, two people have described the rising of the heated, ionized air as the mechanism for the heavenward rise of the spark. This is what I, too, have always believed. Recently, however, I was told that a Jacob's Ladder will work in the horizontal position as well, and thus this simple mechanism is not what causes the spark to move from narrow to wide gap. I have never tried the experiment. Would some Ladder-possesing soul care to try this and report back? David
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!gatech!rpi!scott.skidmore.edu!datkatz From: datkatz@scott.skidmore.edu (david atkatz) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Jacob's Ladders (was Re: What are those things called...) Message-ID: <1992Jul24.201747.18420@scott.skidmore.edu> Date: 24 Jul 92 20:17:47 GMT References: <1992Jul24.193306.23657@samba.oit.unc.edu> Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY Lines: 15