[BC] Charge Dissipation Devices

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In a message dated 05/11/2005 2:21:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mark3xy at yahoo.com writes:

> This isn't really a new idea -- according to this historical account, Ben 
> Franklin used lightning to charge Leyden Jars, an experiment that supported 
> the principle of "conservation of charge":

Right, I knew that... but what good are Leyden jars? ;) 

I suppose they could be pressed into service has RF capacitors in a pinch! 
(There'd be a good case of BTN!)

Willie...