In message , Richard
Harrison writes
Ian White, G3SEK wrote:
"---but not a cage."

A cage according to my American dictionary is:
"A boxlike receptacle or enclosure for confining birds or other animals,
made with openwork of wires, bars, etc."

Ian sent me to my dictionary of electronics which reads:
"Faraday cage-See Faraday Shield"

Usage varies from place to place. I don`t know if I`m vindicated or
stand corrected.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI


Was it not an Ice Bucket which Faraday used to demonstrate the fact that
the electrostatic charges repelled each other as far as possible, and
therefore stayed on the outside of the bucket? The inside was
electrically dead.
Ian.

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