BTW: To put this bug in perspective, I've been using the calchemy "Unicalc" very frequently ever since 1996 without any errors cropping up until this, and this one appears to be related not to units but to a peculiar case in dimensional analysis.
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:05 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > My units calculator inserted an erroneous 2pi constant into the conversion. > > That's the first time its betrayed me. I'll report it to the authors. > Here's a link to the web version: > > http://www.testardi.com/rich/calchemy2/ > > So, yes, 13mm looks like the figure. Are there electrodes with any > dimensions in the range of 1.3cm? > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Arnaud Kodeck <[email protected]>wrote: > >> James,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I’ve a problem with my HP calculator emulator which gives me 13.093 mm*** >> * >> >> ** ** >> >> d= v * t = v / f ( with v=1/f)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 5630/430E3 = 13.093E-3 m => 13.093 mm**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Arnaud**** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* James Bowery [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* jeudi 22 novembre 2012 22:21 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels**** >> >> ** ** >> >> It's hard to know where to begin here but let me just say this that given the >> speed of sound in >> nickel<http://www.olympus-ims.com/en/ndt-tutorials/thickness-gage/appendices-velocities/> >> :**** >> >> >> 5630m/s >> >> and 430kHz: >> >> 5630m/s;430kHz?mm >> >> ([5630 * meter] / second) * (430 * [kilo*hertz])^-1 ? milli*meter >> = 2.0838194 mm >> >> In other words, a 2mm electrode should exhibit resonance at ~430kHz.**** >> >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: >> **** >> >> On the contrary James, at least two of us did look closely at this >> possibility [electrode acoustics]. **** >> >> **** >> >> My associate went to trouble to find and download a mpeg sound file of a >> bicycle bell of the same general size as Davey’s, and plugged it into a >> program for this kind of analysis – in fact it is dedicated bell analysis >> software that has proved very accurate for electrodes in the past. The >> natural acoustic of this hemisphere are nowhere close.**** >> >> **** >> >> The main freq is 4,445.5 Hz, with some sub harmonics, the lowest being >> around 521/545 Hz, but those are so faint as to be discarded. Higher >> harmonics are barely above noise.**** >> >> **** >> >> Thus, since the acoustics of the electrodes were off by two orders of >> magnitude over the signature sound, we did not think that electrode >> acoustics were in any way relevant as an alternative explanation, or >> otherwise worth pursuing.**** >> >> **** >> >> Jones**** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> *From:* James Bowery **** >> >> **** >> >> As I previously >> advised<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg73144.html> >> :**** >> >> **** >> >> "Look at the acoustics of the electrodes."**** >> >> **** >> >> Since this advice seemed to make no impact on the discourse here at >> vortex-l, let me expand:**** >> >> **** >> >> Acoustic resonance in the metallic electrodes does have a reasonable >> chance of bearing directly on the creation of the "nuclear active >> environment" hypothesized to exist. I don't think I need to expland on >> list the possibilities here.**** >> >> **** >> >> Moreover, if one looks at the speed of sound in metals, the "430kHz LENR >> signature" regime corresponds to the thickness of the cathodes frequently >> reported as exhibiting the phenomena.**** >> >> **** >> >> Need I say more?**** >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> > >
