Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sri-unix!mikes@AMES-NAS.ARPA From: mikes@AMES-NAS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Michelson Morley experiment (actually, Ether) Message-ID: <402@sri-arpa.ARPA> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 17:50:51 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.402 Posted: Mon Jul 15 17:50:51 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 20:57:45 EDT Lines: 83 From: mikes@AMES-NAS.ARPA (Peter Mikes) The ETHER ressurected? From physics-request@sri-unix Sat Jul 13 17:41:25 1985 Received: from sri-unix.ARPA.ARPA by ames-nas.ARPA; Sat, 13 Jul 85 17:41:18 pdt Received: by sri-unix.ARPA.ARPA (4.12/4.16) id AA07115; Sat, 13 Jul 85 17:29:26 pdt Message-Id: <8507140029.AA07115@sri-unix.ARPA.ARPA> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 14:45:09 PDT To: physics@sri-unix From: vax135!petsd!cjh@UCB-Vax.ARPA (Chris Henrich) Subject: Re: Michelson Morley experiment (actually, Ether) Article-I.D.: <578@petsd.UUCP> In-Reply-To: Article(s) <374@sri-arpa.ARPA> [] In article <374@sri-arpa.ARPA> mikes@AMES-NAS.ARPA writes: > Dear Eric >... > WHAT DO YOUR ( UGLY ) IMAGES OF compressed ether provide (to others) ?? The answer is, simply: a way of seeing one kind of physics (electricity and magnetism) in terms of another kind of physics (fluid flow). Analogies of this sort are helpful when they illuminate one or both kinds. In the nineteenth century, many physicists, including Maxwell, tried out different kinds of mechanical analogies for electromagnetism. For details, see E. T. Whittaker, A History of Theories of the Aether and Electricity. I agree that Eric should get more specific and precise mathematical content into his analogy. Whittaker will show him how it's done. Regards, Chris -- Full-Name: Christopher J. Henrich UUCP: ..!(cornell | ariel | ukc | houxz)!vax135!petsd!cjh US Mail: MS 313; Perkin-Elmer; 106 Apple St; Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 Phone: (201) 758-7288 :1 :l ; :1 [A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[B[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[B :; :1,4 [A[A:q :quit! :wq :q :1 :t :t5 :1 :? :q [A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[A[Add :q :quit