Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site petsd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!cjh From: cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Michelson Morley experiment (actually, Ether) Message-ID: <578@petsd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 19:45:09 EDT Article-I.D.: petsd.578 Posted: Thu Jul 11 19:45:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 11:23:51 EDT References: <374@sri-arpa.ARPA> Reply-To: cjh@petsd.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J. Lines: 24 Summary: It's not crazy, just old-fashioned [] 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