In reply to  Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:57:25 -0500:
Hi,
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>> The wire creates a positive cloud. The tube attached to the negative terminal
>> is
>> negative, and hence attracts the positive air cloud. This pulls the tube up,
>> and
>> the cloud down. When the positive cloud comes in contact with the tube, it is
>> neutralized, but the power source soon creates more positive ions around the
>> wire, and concurrently pumps more electrons into the tube.
>
>Wouldn't this make the tube noticeably oscillate up and down?

No, because there is a continuous stream of air and current.

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Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

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