Cecil Moore wrote:

Jim Kelley wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:

Jim Kelley wrote:
How much does the length change when you tilt it at 45 degrees?

By the factor of the square root of two.

Sounds kinda like one of those mythical cable stretchers. :-)

By Golly, I have been looking for a cable stretcher. A tilted
mercury column will perform that function.

How so?

Question is, what
do I mix with the mercury column to make it more conductive?

Maybe it'll superconduct if it gets cold enough. :-)

73, ac6xg