In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:57:25 -0500: Hi, [snip] >> 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. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition (capitalism) provides the motivation, Cooperation (communism) provides the means.
