Re: Missing Energy

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 18:03 5/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
> .... If a ball drops straight down from a
> certain height, or rolls down an incline (same height), or falls
> through a viscous medium (through same height), or ricochets down a
> maze of pegs (from same height), the energy lost is the same in all
> cases.  If that does not amaze us, the capacitor problem should not
> amaze us.
> ...
> Michael D. Edmiston

Talking of being amazed,  I remark that a ball rolling down a ramp
gets to the foot of a hill slower than a ball that rolls down a
steeper roller coaster valley and climb to the self-same point,
starting at the identical start point.

brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK