No worries. Stuff happens. I probably shouldn't have sent the follow-up, made it seem like a bigger deal than it should be. Jeff
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:31 AM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >> >> >
