From eks2@york.ac.uk Thu Jun 06 07:00:32 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: eks2@york.ac.uk X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 6 Jun 2002 14:00:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 53778 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2002 14:00:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Jun 2002 14:00:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n8.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.92) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Jun 2002 14:00:31 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.168] by n8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jun 2002 14:00:30 -0000 Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 14:00:28 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: lightning Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 534 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster From: "sklyanin" X-Originating-IP: 144.32.128.133 X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=71790832 X-Yahoo-Profile: sklyanin coi kreig. .i do cusku di'e > How about making the negative the source and the positive the thing struck, > since most electric phenomena (Including lightning, IIRC, though I should > probably read the article) are caused by the flow of electrons from negative > to positive? > > --la kreig.daniyl. > > An electric arc can be produced by an alternating current also, see "Arc-Welding Fundamentals" at http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledge/articles/content/arcweldfund. asp co'o mi'e .evgenis.