Re: Terry's Test - Two Manifestations of Charge

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Original poster: "Mark Broker" <mbroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:57:04 -0500, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "David Thomson" <dwt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


> How do you explain the difference in color of the sparks?  One is
> purple, the other is bright white.  If there is just one
> manifestation of charge, shouldn't you be able to get a bright
> purple, or thin white spark?

An imperfect conductor that carries more current will be hotter than the 
same imperfect conductor that carries less current.  The color of the 
radiated light follows the blackbody radiation theory and Wein's Law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wien's_law



> The fact that there could be electrons between a high potential
> and low potential and manifesting in two very different modes
> seems not to be explained by the above laws.  I don't see
> anything in those equations that would suggest such physical
> appearances.  Yet, you see the different modes for yourself.

I think I just explained, albeit the highly abridged version, above, using 
priciples established in the late 1800s.



>  > It seems obvious from the photos that the top of the tube is
>  > near the same potential as the top of the coil...  That is
>  > certainly just as expected from plain old field theory...
>
> I can't tell if we are talking about the same thing or not.  Are
> you saying that it looks like the potential from the topload to
> the vacuum tube is the same from the vacuum tube to ground?  What
> makes you say that?

The potential of the tube is closer to the potential of the topload than to 
ground.  And that's what one would expect due to capacitive coupling and 
field theory....


>  > It is sort of a neat way to demonstrate field effects....
>  > But I really honestly see zero "new" theory to any of it :-|
>
> That's true.  The "new" theory I am talking about is really the
> old Aether theory, but based upon modern measurements.

Didn't Michelson and Morley disprove the aether theory pretty thoroughly?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson-Morley_experiment


> The fact is, in order for something to have an effect, it must be
> real.  In the modern interpretation of EM theory, the field is
> just a mathematical construct.

I can show that a magnetic field is "real" with some iron filings, and the 
gravitational field certainly feels real enough....


 In Maxwell's time, it was the
> Aether.  What my theory shows is that Maxwell was right about the
> Aether.

See Michelson and Morley above.


> It is interesting to me that it can be proven, at least visually
> so far, that there are indeed two distinct manifestations of
> charge, which matches the quantities derived from the empirical
> data.

All that we have proven, visually speaking, is that one spark has more 
current than the other.  I don't see how this even demonstrates that there 
are two distinct manifestations of charge, let alone proves it.


Regards,

Mark Broker
The Geek Group