Re: Missing Energy

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Thu, 20 May 1999 19:07:29 -0500 brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>
writes:
> 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>

I would be even more amazed if a capacitor would roll down a steep
incline
and then climb back to its starting point.

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where round capacitors get harder and harder to find these days)