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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!warwick!nott-cs!lut.ac.uk!elajr
  2. From: A.J.Robinson@lut.ac.uk
  3. Newsgroups: sci.physics
  4. Subject: Re: What are those things called...
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul24.134854.9052@lut.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 24 Jul 92 13:48:54 GMT
  7. References: <1992Jul23.214214.8574@microplex.com>
  8. Reply-To: A.J.Robinson@lut.ac.uk (Alan Robinson)
  9. Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
  10. Lines: 9
  11.  
  12. In article <1992Jul23.214214.8574@microplex.com> hsk@microplex.com (Harjeet Kalsi) writes:
  13. >
  14. >I know I've seen them in physics labs (including mine when I was in school) 
  15. >but forgotten what this "box" with two antennas, that has a high
  16. >voltage spark travelling between the antennas from bottom to top,
  17. >is called.
  18. >
  19.  
  20. I think they're called Jacob's ladders, but I could be wrong.
  21.