Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-16 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:59:56 -0400: Hi, [snip] Well Harry, I've done my best. I have nothing more to contribute. - Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:28 pm Subject: Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-15 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:28 pm Subject: Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:35:43 - 0400:Hi, Ok, I

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-13 Thread Ron Wormus
This link is for Harry; Physicists Measure Elusive 'Persistent Current' That Flows Forever http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091011071349.htm Doesn't sound like anything is ever going to be powered by it. Ron --On Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:28 AM +1100 mix...@bigpond.com wrote:

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-13 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:20 PM 10/13/2009, Ron Wormus wrote: This link is for Harry; Physicists Measure Elusive 'Persistent Current' That Flows Forever http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091011071349.htm Doesn't sound like anything is ever going to be powered by it. Ron Yeah. Persistent Current

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-12 Thread Harry Veeder
Ok, I guess it is necessary to distinguish between a capacitor, a battery and an EMF. Both a battery and a capacitor can produce a current for a _limited_ period of time, whereas an EMF can produce a current for an _unlimited_ period of time. With that in mind, let me refine the question. Can a

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:39:47 -0400: Hi, [snip] The electrons must be recirculated in order to maintain a steady current. If an electric field is the same as an EMF, then the electric field must form a closed loop, otherwise electrons would pile up at the

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-01 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:09 pm Subject: Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:52:54 - 0400:Hi,

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-10-01 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:20:00 -0400: Hi, [snip] The 'positive' in between is what makes the equations work out. I think you are having a problem because you expect the net EMF to integrate to zero (begin point = end point), which it would do if you take

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-30 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:52:54 -0400: Hi, [snip] The complete circle/loop/circuit is this: 'negative' to 'negative' (with a 'positive' in between). The 'positive' in between is what makes the equations work out. I think you are having a problem because you

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-29 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:33:25 -0400: Hi, [snip] I've shown a roughly square wire loop, with a capacitor in the bottom leg of the loop, and I've shown arrows next to the wire indicating the direction of the E field at all points. The capacitor plates are

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-29 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:54 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:33:25 - 0400:Hi, [snip] I've shown

correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-29 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: Harry Veeder hvee...@ncf.ca Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:49 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current - Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Tuesday, September 29,

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-29 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:54:07 -0400: Hi, [snip] Yup, but that is not what bothers me. I have been unable to consistently apply the concept of an _electric field_ around a circuit with a steady current without it ending in a contradiction. harry That's because

Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-29 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:51 pm Subject: Re: correction /Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:54:07 - 0400:Hi,

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-28 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009 10:21 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote:

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-26 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: If an electric field exists outside and parallel to the current carrying wire, and the wire is a loop it implies the electric field lines would form a closed loop. However, this is not suppose to possible. Certainly it

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-25 Thread Harry Veeder
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: harry veeder wrote: Weber's theory predicts a force (distinct from a lorenz force) Could you be a bit more specific here? Last I heard the Lorentz force, F = q(E + vxB), fully explained the behavior of charged particles in E and B fields. This clipping

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-25 Thread Harry Veeder
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: If an electric field exists outside and parallel to the current carrying wire, and the wire is a loop it implies the electric field lines would form a closed loop. However, this is not suppose to possible. Certainly it is. It's only

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-24 Thread David Jonsson
This is an important subject. I hope there will be results. David On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:14 AM, Harry Veeder hvee...@ncf.ca wrote: - Original Message - From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:13 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-24 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Harry Veeder wrote: If an electric field exists outside and parallel to the current carrying wire, and the wire is a loop it implies the electric field lines would form a closed loop. However, this is not suppose to possible. Certainly it is. It's only possible, however, if there's a

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-23 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:13 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current I've added some minor clarifications to my example of two wires: Stephen A.

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-17 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Maxwell's theory needs the field concept. The theory says and electric force can not be present without an electric field. If we follow Maxwell's theory to the letter, it says there will be no electric field outside a

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-17 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
I've added some minor clarifications to my example of two wires: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Maxwell's theory needs the field concept. The theory says and electric force can not be present without an electric field. If we

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-16 Thread Harry Veeder
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Maxwell's theory needs the field concept. The theory says and electric force can not be present without an electric field. If we follow Maxwell's theory to the letter, it says there will be no electric field outside a current

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-15 Thread Harry Veeder
I don't know. Perhaps you are right. My understanding of the theory is limited, but please read the introduction here: http://www.springerlink.com/content/q6634pp556m08500/fulltext.pdf Even Feynman and Maxwell say there is no e-field. Harry - Original Message - From: Stephen A.

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-14 Thread Michel Jullian
Haven't read beyond their derivations of 1/ the force due to the charges induced in the wire by the test charge and 2/ the force proportional to the current in the resistive wire, but these two are clearly real, whether the formulae they propose are correct or not. The first one doesn't deserve

[Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-14 Thread Taylor J. Smith
Harry wrote: Foundations of Physics © Plenum Publishing Corporation 1999 10.1023/A:1018874523513 The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current A. K. T. Assis, W. A. Rodrigues Jr. and A. J. Mania Abstract We present the opinion of some authors who

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-14 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Harry Veeder wrote: fyi Harry Foundations of Physics © Plenum Publishing Corporation 1999 10.1023/A:1018874523513 The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current A. K. T. Assis, W. A. Rodrigues Jr. and A. J. Mania Abstract We present the opinion of

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-14 Thread Harry Veeder
Maxwell's theory needs the field concept. The theory says and electric force can not be present without an electric field. If we follow Maxwell's theory to the letter, it says there will be no electric field outside a current carrying wire. Consequently, the theory leads one to expect an

Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-14 Thread Harvey Norris
Pioneering the Applications of Interphasal Resonances http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/teslafy/ --- On Mon, 9/14/09, Harry Veeder hvee...@ncf.ca wrote: From: Harry Veeder hvee...@ncf.ca Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

[Vo]:The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current

2009-09-13 Thread Harry Veeder
fyi Harry Foundations of Physics © Plenum Publishing Corporation 1999 10.1023/A:1018874523513 The Electric Field Outside a Stationary Resistive Wire Carrying a Constant Current A. K. T. Assis, W. A. Rodrigues Jr. and A. J. Mania Abstract We present the opinion of some authors who believe