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coulomb madness!
From: bmack[SMTP:bmack-at-frontiernet-dot-net]
Sent: Monday, September 15, 1997 11:27 PM
To: tesla list
Subject: coulomb madness!
RH,RWW,John Couture,
Accurate test methodology is very important indeed!
Thats why I have been trying to nail down this coulomb
business (es vs em?). As I have stated in various posts,
the coulomb is a scalar ES quantity. No references (that I can find)
cite any other point of view. If you guys have better information,
please share it with us.
As near as I can decern, your premise of "different coulombs" is based
on the method of measurement. In this I refer to the same torsion balance
but one method using ES (coloumbs law) and the other solving for charge
via the current flowing in the conductor(EM).
If this is the case case, who did these experiments, and were they
verified? When? All that was posted were vauge statements with no
specifics.
As far as the international standards are concerned, again who changed
or disputed the coulomb? when? Please be specific or reference where
and when this occurred. No one so far has stated EXACTLY what the
difference (if any) is.
The two major systems cgs and mks stand for Centimeter-Gram-Second
and meter-kilogram-Second respectively. Conversions can be performed
readily between the two. Perhaps the problem is the specific data such
as the latest and greatest best measurement of the speed of light.
I'm not trying to be a crank, just trying to clear up this very murky
stuff in my own mind (and others) who have not found closure in this
matter.
Baffled and befuddled
Jim M