From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!norskog
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Physics of Dousing - (nf)
Article-I.D.: fortune.798
Posted: Tue Feb 22 20:03:56 1983
Received: Thu Feb 24 08:52:45 1983

#N:fortune:6700012:000:619
fortune!norskog    Feb 22 18:18:00 1983

It's a known fact that rushing water build up static electricity charges.
Oil tankers have been lost by hosing out the tanks!
Also, I would expect low-level static charges to build up in the earth.
Obviously, these static charges are going to build up inside metal pipes,
and there is going to be some electrical activity in same pipes.
Unfortunately, I don't know the mathematics involved as to whether
or not this electrical activity will create magnetic fields strong 
enough to influence a well-balanced very light piece of metal.

Lets move this to net.physics, all right?

				Lance Norskog
				Fortune Systems