Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!cbnewsc!edw From: edw@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (edwindes) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: A violation of the law of conservation of energy Keywords: paradox Message-ID: <3552@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: 29 Sep 89 18:29:13 GMT References: <1049@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> Reply-To: edw@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (edwindes) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 15 +--- dwns@doc.ic.ac.uk (David W N Sharp) writes: |Some recent articles explained that if you connect a battery to an uncharged |cap. using wires of zero resistance then some electromagnetic radiation is |emitted ( which you can hear as a click on a nearby radio) and thus the energy |finally stored in the capacitor is less than that given out by the battery. | |A follow up article pointed out that energy is also lost when a mechanical |clutch is used to connect a rotating wheel to a stationary one. Supposing |that inertial radiation was emitted (in addition to heat) ... what device |would one use to detect this radiation ? | | |David Sharp (dwns@uk.ac.ic.doc) Your ear.