Hi everyone,
The velocity of frictional electricity (or the speed of electrostatic propagation) as described above is probably common knowledge here. I was wondering if anyone had read or found anything by 'Professor Guthrie' as mentioned in my book above? I'm trying to track down the reference but Google returns absolutely nothing!
It's not hard to find references from the late 19th century stating the 'Speed of Electricity' as being 288,000 miles per second, the figure appears to be based on real test data from Wheatstone's rotating mirror setup.
Here's another typical article, the 'faster than light' velocity was common knowledge back then:
But then suddenly we start seeing articles like the following appearing:
It appears that the real test data of Wheatstone has at some point been washed away by the 'scientific authorities' as stated above. If another test had superseded Wheatstone's tests and arrived at a different conclusion, then I could believe it - however, I cannot find any reference to any other test - so it appears that Wheatstone's original figure of 288,000 miles a second still stands, for the propagation of frictional/static (not current) electricity.
What do others think?
The velocity of frictional electricity (or the speed of electrostatic propagation) as described above is probably common knowledge here. I was wondering if anyone had read or found anything by 'Professor Guthrie' as mentioned in my book above? I'm trying to track down the reference but Google returns absolutely nothing!
It's not hard to find references from the late 19th century stating the 'Speed of Electricity' as being 288,000 miles per second, the figure appears to be based on real test data from Wheatstone's rotating mirror setup.
Here's another typical article, the 'faster than light' velocity was common knowledge back then:
But then suddenly we start seeing articles like the following appearing:
It appears that the real test data of Wheatstone has at some point been washed away by the 'scientific authorities' as stated above. If another test had superseded Wheatstone's tests and arrived at a different conclusion, then I could believe it - however, I cannot find any reference to any other test - so it appears that Wheatstone's original figure of 288,000 miles a second still stands, for the propagation of frictional/static (not current) electricity.
What do others think?
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