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From: ins_apmj@jhunix.UUCP (Patrick M Juola)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Potential Energy
Message-ID: <1076@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 00:51:22 EST
Article-I.D.: jhunix.1076
Posted: Thu Oct 31 00:51:22 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 10:35:02 EST
References: <175@tulane.UUCP> <471@iham1.UUCP> <536@talcott.UUCP> <1514@teddy.UUCP>
Reply-To: ins_apmj@jhunix.ARPA (Patrick M Juola)
Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ. Computing Ctr.
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Keywords: Potential Energy

In article <1514@teddy.UUCP> jwg@teddy.UUCP (Jim Galbiati) writes:
>In article <536@talcott.UUCP> tmb@talcott.UUCP (Thomas M. Breuel) writes:
>>... A direct weighing measurement would give the same result
>>for *any* energy delivering device, since the potential energy stored
>>in something CONTRIBUTES TO ITS RESTMASS.
>
>Is this true?  Does the potential energy stored in a spring
>contribute to its rest mass?  How about a battery, a capacitor, etc?
>
>-- 
>->	    Jim Galbiati,  GenRad Inc,  Production Test Division	    <-


Yes.