Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > > Jones Beene wrote: >> ----- Original Message ---- From: Stephen A. Lawrence >> >> http://www.energyscience.org.uk/ >> >>> It appears to be rather large [Aspden effect]. He appears to >>> "believe in" an aether. >> ... as well he should- but his effect is not large. >> >>> Jed (or anyone), do you know of anyplace on his site where he >>> explains how he resolves his aether theory with the results of the >>> Michelson-Morley and Sagnac experiments? I did not see such a >> discussion in a quick perusal. >> >> What is there to resolve? >
Anyone interested in the issue might do well to start by looking at Wiki's page on MMX: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson-Morley_experiment As always, Wiki tries hard to be an encyclopedia, not a journal and not a forum, so what you'll get there is just the "mainstream science" point of view. None the less it's a reasonable place to start, and in this case they do a pretty clear job of outlining the experiment, the history surrounding it, and a sketch of subsequent replications, of which there have been many. For me, the main thing that seemed to be lacking on that page was more complete information regarding Lorentz's aether theory. I believe he developed a version which *was* consistent with the MMX but Wiki doesn't seem to mention it on that page. (Or perhaps I overlooked it.)
