For those of you who have had an interest in levitating graphite, you may f=
ind interesting a prototype instrument that I recently built.  I first witn=
essed the intriguing possibilities of diamagnetic levitation through a demo=
nstration by Chris Chapman about half a decade ago, when I visited with him=
 in England.  Only recently did I come to know about pyrolytic graphite (PG=
) plates, as opposed to the earlier experiments with rods.  Because the pla=
tes are amenable to use with my fully differential capacitive sensors, I de=
cided to try my (typically frustrating) hand at building such a tiltmeter/s=
eismometer-that I have called in the following online paper an 'earth motio=
n' detector.
http://physics.mercer.edu/hpage/diamagnetic/diamag.html
   The outstanding performance of this prototype really surprised me.  My t=
hanks to Meredith Lamb and John Lahr (deceased, whom I admired greatly) for=
 their pioneering work that steered me this direction,
    Randall
For those of you=
 who have had an interest in levitating graphite, you may find interesting =
a prototype instrument that I recently built.  I first witnessed the i=
ntriguing possibilities of diamagnetic levitation through a demonstration b=
y Chris Chapman about half a decade ago, when I visited with him in England=
..  Only recently did I come to know about pyrolytic graphite (PG) plat=
es, as opposed to the earlier experiments with rods.  Because the plat=
es are amenable to use with my fully differential capacitive sensors, I dec=
ided to try my (typically frustrating) hand at building such a tiltmeter/se=
ismometer—that I have called in the following online paper an ‘=
earth motion’ detector.
http://physics.me=
rcer.edu/hpage/diamagnetic/diamag.html
   The outstanding performance of this prototype really surpri=
sed me.  My thanks to Meredith Lamb and John Lahr (deceased, whom I ad=
mired greatly) for their pioneering work that steered me this direction,
    Randall
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