Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!talcott!panda!teddy!jwg 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 Article-I.D.: teddy.1514 Posted: Mon Oct 28 11:03:20 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 22:27:26 EST References: <175@tulane.UUCP> <471@iham1.UUCP> <536@talcott.UUCP> Reply-To: jwg@teddy.UUCP (Jim Galbiati) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 15 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 <- ->USmail: Mail Stop 6, 300 Baker Ave, Concord, Mass. 01742 <- ->usenet: {decvax,linus,wjh12,mit-eddie,cbosgd,masscomp}!genrad!panda!jwg <- ->tel: (617) 369-4400 x2459 <-