17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 09:13 PM 11/9/98 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
The two vertical plates above are not a capacitor. They simply represent some mechanism to hold charge, Leyden Jars for example.
A Leyden Jar _IS_ a capacitor, which _IS_ a mechanism to hold charge. Capacitors don't have to come from a factory in plastic or ceramic packaging; they're simply two (or more) conductive surfaces separated by insulation; that insulation can be air (or probably even vacuum), though there are much better insulators around, which commercial capacitors normally use. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639