smooth sphere vs unsmooth sphere

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• Subject: smooth sphere vs unsmooth sphere
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 00:20:54 -0600
• Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

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From:  Homer Lea [SMTP:HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com]
Sent:  Thursday, March 26, 1998 9:03 AM
To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject:  Re: smooth sphere vs unsmooth sphere

In a message dated 98-03-26 02:38:59 EST, you write:

> Befor (with the salad bowls) 
>  there was an edge all around the sphere and the arc would come out all 
>  sides at once.

Try putting a thick insulating material over the ridge where the salad bowls
meet to keep it from breaking out all around. This should make the performance
more like the Van de Graff top.

jim heagy

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