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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Potential Energy
Message-ID: <1432@ihlpg.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 19:10:01 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 11 19:10:01 1985
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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?
> ->	    Jim Galbiati,  GenRad Inc,  Production Test Division	    <-
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Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan