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Tesla does not always use terms in technically correct ways - he uses them in his own ways. The point I'm making is that mass is not energy itself.
The distinction is also not being made whether the matter is doing work or not. If there is no work, there is no energy, if work is being done, then there is energy.
"According to an adopted theory, every ponderable atom is differentiated from a tenuous fluid, filling all space merely by spinning motion, as a whirl of water in a calm lake. By being set in movement this fluid, the ether, becomes gross matter. Its movement arrested, the primary substance reverts to its normal state."
Everything comes from the aether - but when aether "condensates" into an atom, if no work is being done, there is no energy. There can be movement without "work" being done if there is no resistance and that is the general state of every atom anyway.
I'm talking about work (energy) as in measurable dissipation of organized potential. I'm not talking about energy as in an atom doing no work having energetic qualities to it in a metaphysical sense, which Tesla often does. Yes, the aether is "alive" and "electric" and "energetic" and has "energy" in that sense whether work is being done or not - those are casual references. I'm taking about a measurable quantity of work (energy) being done such as 1 watt second for a second or force x distance when lifting an object, for example.
An object can move through space at a steady speed so it is in equilibrium with the aether. If it isn't accelerating, it does not create a potential difference or a change in the relative density of the aether in relation to the object's mass so it can move for a million years while doing absolutely zero dissipative work. That is like an atom doing no work, there is movement, but no work is being done and therefore, technically, there is no energy.
Originally posted by ckurtz
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The distinction is also not being made whether the matter is doing work or not. If there is no work, there is no energy, if work is being done, then there is energy.
"According to an adopted theory, every ponderable atom is differentiated from a tenuous fluid, filling all space merely by spinning motion, as a whirl of water in a calm lake. By being set in movement this fluid, the ether, becomes gross matter. Its movement arrested, the primary substance reverts to its normal state."
Everything comes from the aether - but when aether "condensates" into an atom, if no work is being done, there is no energy. There can be movement without "work" being done if there is no resistance and that is the general state of every atom anyway.
I'm talking about work (energy) as in measurable dissipation of organized potential. I'm not talking about energy as in an atom doing no work having energetic qualities to it in a metaphysical sense, which Tesla often does. Yes, the aether is "alive" and "electric" and "energetic" and has "energy" in that sense whether work is being done or not - those are casual references. I'm taking about a measurable quantity of work (energy) being done such as 1 watt second for a second or force x distance when lifting an object, for example.
An object can move through space at a steady speed so it is in equilibrium with the aether. If it isn't accelerating, it does not create a potential difference or a change in the relative density of the aether in relation to the object's mass so it can move for a million years while doing absolutely zero dissipative work. That is like an atom doing no work, there is movement, but no work is being done and therefore, technically, there is no energy.
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