RE: [Vo]: OT: Oersted

2006-09-01 Thread Michael Foster
Harry Veeder wrote: This might be an example of why credentials matter when a significant discovery is made. Maybe Romagnosi was ignored because his was viewed as an amateur?? It's from histories such as this one that I have finally come to the conclusion that really original discoveries are

Re: [Vo]: OT: Oersted

2006-08-31 Thread Harry Veeder
Title: Re: [Vo]: OT: Oersted I guess Romagnosi was ignored because he published his findings in a newspaper... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Domenico_Romagnosi ...sound familiar? ;-) Harry Harry Veeder wrote: This might be an example of why credentials matter when a significant