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Old 09-March-2006, 01:02 AM
bendy52 bendy52 is offline
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Originally Posted by Sani5
One ex-engineer demonstrated an effect that he could not explain. A vast coil of fine wire, about the size of the head of a tennis racket, was plugged into the mains (US plug), and it floated above his wooden desk. There was no suggestion of any trickery. He said something like, "Of course, this effect can be varied by altering the power and frequency, etc."
I know this gets said a lot in this forum, but any introductory physics book can explain this "mysterious" phenomenon very easily. I can certainly see why any engineer who was baffled by this would be an ex-engineer now.