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From: jwg@teddy.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Potential Energy
Message-ID: <1514@teddy.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 11:03:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 11:03:20 1985
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Reply-To: jwg@teddy.UUCP (Jim Galbiati)
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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?



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