----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] 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, > [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 it's not really a complete circle. It's just a > "bent" path > between two points, or more accurately two paths, one internal and > one external, > but there are still two points, a positive connection point and a > negativeconnection point. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > > The complete circle/loop/circuit is this: 'negative' to 'negative' (with a 'positive' in between). Harry
