''
If a force is applied to an object of
invariant mass, that object must accelerate according to Newton's
Second Law of Motion, F = ma. When an applied force does not result
in an acceleration (in the absence of any other counter forces), the
mass of that object becomes variable.
Energy is thus conserved.''
(Bull's
Law)
Abstract
An
exploration of Mass and Gravity from a mathematical perspective, the
relationship of mass to electricity and magnetism, and corroboration
of the mathematical theory by the experimental alteration of Mass
using a simple electro-magnetic device designed and constructed by
the author.
Contents
- Inertia and Acceleration
- Newtonian Equations expressed using Acceleration units as N/kg instead of m/s2
- Derivation of Space-Time Units and Unity
- The Relationship between the Electric, Magnetic and Gravity Fields
- Effects Relating to Force
- More about Unity
- The Planck Constant
- Summary of the foregoing Theoretical Analysis of the physics of Unity
- The Variability of Mass.
- Experimental Investigation (1) Decreasing of Mass. (Refer also file Mass Exp 1.jpg)
- Experimental Investigation (2) Increasing of Mass. (Refer also file Mass Exp 2.jpg)
- Experimental Investigation (3) Permanency of Mass Increase. (Refer also Mass Exp 3.jpg)
Appendix
1 – Table of Space-Time units of measure by M.J.Bull
Appendix 2
– The Dimensions of Motion - derivation of S-T units from SI units
written and
published
on-line by D.B.Larson.
Summary of Results
'' If a force is applied
to an object of invariant mass, that object must accelerate according
to Newton's Second Law of Motion, F = ma. When an applied force does
not result in an acceleration (in the absence of any other counter
forces), the mass of that object becomes variable. Energy is thus
conserved.''
There is a direct connection between the energies of electricity, magnetism and mass, and the experimental evidence for that is contained in sections 10,11 and 12 of this paper.
There is a direct connection between the energies of electricity, magnetism and mass, and the experimental evidence for that is contained in sections 10,11 and 12 of this paper.
Mass, Gravity
and Unity
Michael
J.Bull 2014
Following
previous studies on the nature of the forces in physics, a pattern of
mathematical unity between complimentary quantities has become
apparent. A simple example is the mathematical reciprocity between
potential and kinetic energies of an object within a gravity field in
the physics of the mechanical system. This unity becomes most
apparent when an energy and its motion is expressed in space-time
(S-T) units of measure, which are summarized in Appendix 1 and
derived in Appendix 2.
An
analysis, initially aimed at a more comprehensive understanding of
inertia in an earlier unpublished paper by this author, has carried
its logic past those mathematical conclusions to suggest a wider
application of the unity results.
The
following is a brief summary of the case of unity between
acceleration, a, and inertia, ί.
1. Inertia and
Acceleration
“There
does not appear to be any meaningful quantification of inertia in the
current or past physics literature, however inertia is quantifiable
from Newton's Laws of Motion. The relationship between acceleration
caused by gravity or any acceleration, a,
and inertia can be quantified mathematically from Newton's Second Law
of Motion, F = ma, in combination with the Equivalence Principle,
which establishes an invariable mathematical product between the two,
given that different masses accelerate at the same rate in the same
gravity field. Let the Greek lower case letter iota,
ί,
be assigned to inertia for algebraic purposes and avoid confusion
with other quantities using I or i .
From
Newton's second law of motion, F = ma, a = F/m from which SI units a
evidently has units Newtons per Kilogram, (N/kg in addition to the
more commonly used m/sec2)
. From the Equivalence Principle, a
is proportional to ί
,
and that proportionality is mathematically a simple reciprocal
relationship a
= 1/ί
and ί
= 1/a
. ί
has the units kg / N. The following examples demonstrate the above
relationship:
- if a mass of 20 kg has an acceleration of a = 10 N/kg, from F = ma, the force is 200 N. As a = F/m, the inertia ί = m/F = 20/200 = 0.1 kg/N. a x ί = 1
- if a mass of 15 kg has an acceleration of a = 10 N/kg, force is 150 N and the inertia ί = m/F = 15/150 = 0.1 kg/N. a x ί = 1
- if a mass of 40 kg has an acceleration of a = 0.1 N/kg, the force is 4 N and the inertia, ί = m/F = 40/4 = 10 kg/N. a x ί = 1
The
examples demonstrate that the lower the acceleration the higher the
inertia and vice versa. The
force per unit mass determines the acceleration, and the mass per
unit force determines the inertia.
Regardless
of mass, a ί
= 1, which is why different masses accelerate at the same rate in the
same gravitational field.
Scientific experiment has so far never been able to disprove this and
it is called the Equivalence Principle.”
The
general equation for the mathematical relationship
of
acceleration to inertia is
a
ί
= 1
The
above analysis of the alternative unit of measure for acceleration
from a = F/m, newtons per kilogram, opens the way for the expression
of Newtonian physics equations in a different form.
2.
Newtonian Equations expressed using Acceleration units as N/kg
instead of m/s2
“An
alternative unit of measure for acceleration also offers another set
of Newtonian equations. They represent an alternative approach to
calculating quantities seen in Newtonian physics.
For
example, given the alternative measures for acceleration N
kg
-1
= ms-2,
then s-2
= N kg-1
m-1,
therefore s2
= kg m N
-1
and s = √
(kg.m / N) which in English says that time equals the square root of
(mass times length divided by force).
Symbols
in Newtonian Physics
used are F = force, m = mass, a = acceleration, ί (iota) = inertia,
t = time, v = velocity, r = length, M = momentum, n = dimension
number, c = the speed of light, g = gravitational acceleration, E =
energy, k = a constant.
Symbols
in SI units
are force (N) newtons, mass (kg) kilograms, time (s) seconds, length
(m) metres.
Symbols
in S-T units
are s = space, t = time.
Quantity
Equation
SI
Unit
Space-Time
Unit
(derived
from these SI units)
Time
t
= √
( m r / F )
( kg m / N )½
t
Acceleration
a = F / m
( N / kg) s/t2
Velocity
v
= Ft /m
( N s / kg) s/t
Length r
= Ft 2
/ m
( N s2
/ kg) s
Mass
m
= F t 2
/ r
( N s2
/ m ) t3/s3
Force
F
= m r / t 2
( kg m / s2
) t/s2
Momentum
M
= F 2
t 3
/ m r
( N2
s3
/ kg m ) t2/s2
Energy
E
= k m v2
( kg m2
s-2)
t/s
Space-Time
Units show complete consistency in these modified Newtonian
Equations, indicating that both the standard and modified Newtonian
Equations and the Space-Time Units are correct and consistent. It
also verifies that the space-time unit for mass, t 3/s
3
is correct.
This
is key evidence supporting the interpretation of Mass and Gravity in
this paper.”
There
is further detail on the derivation of Space-Time units in
Appendix 2.
3.
Derivation of Space-Time Units and Unity
The
derivation of S-T units from SI units is self evident with a little
thought, for example: Velocity equals distance divided by time which
is expressed as s
(space in one dimension) divided by time t,
or s/t ; Pressure is force divided by area, t/s2
x 1/s2
= t/s4.
Similarly acceleration (m/s2)
is s
divided
by (t
times
t),
or
s/t2.
Acceleration can also be expressed as N/kg which in S-T units is
force, t/s2
divided by mass t3/s3
or t/s2
x s3/t3
= s/t2
which is the same S-T result as the S-T units yield for m/s2.
All
SI units consistently yield equivalent S-T unit results, indicating
that S-T units are both fundamental and verifiable.
From
the above table of physical entities and their SI and S-T units, the
mathematical reciprocal of energy (t/s), is, in the mechanical
system, speed s/t (sometimes called kinetic energy, or motion). In
the electric system, electric energy is also t/s and its reciprocal
is electric current, s/t, also motion. This indicates that in the
mechanical system energy's field is speed and in the electric system
electric energy's field is the electric current (observed as the
E-field). One
is an energy and the reciprocal is a motion.
From the S-T units it can be seen that the
product of energy and its field (or motion) is unity.
It
can also be seen that momentum t2/s2,
is a two freedom analogue (or square) of energy, t/s. Magnetic energy
also has the S-T unit t2/s2,
and is the two freedom analogue of electric energy, and its
reciprocal is the magnetic current s2/t2
(observed as the B-field). The
product of these is also unity.
Mass,
t3/s3,
is the three freedom analogue (or cube) of energy and its reciprocal
s3/t3
is mass current
(observed
as the G-field). The
product of these is also unity.
The
unity result does explain why it seems impossible to extract
additional energy from the electric, magnetic and gravity fields. The
energy and its motion are balanced in a mathematical sense by their
reciprocosity.
4.
The Relationship between the Electric, Magnetic and Gravity Fields
To
clarify what is meant by 'freedom', electric charge acts as a scalar
motion
attached to a particle along one axis of 3D space, magnetic charge
along two axes, and mass charge along three axes of 3D space. In a
mechanical system analogy, they equate to a line, an area and a
volume. The axes do not denote a position in space, but a relative
direction with respect to the other axes. It describes three scalar
motions acting at right angles to the others, which accounts for the
behaviour of an electric motor or generator, where the mass current
(motion) ┴
magnetic current ┴
electric current.
The dynamo uses motion to produce electric current and the motor uses
electric current to produce motion, always via the link of magnetic
current.
The
difference in energy between the degrees of freedom were calculated
by Einstein as mc, that is, mass to magnetic = mc, magnetic to
electric = mc, and mass to electric = mc2,
which, from the foregoing, equates to energy to mass = mc2,
or E = mc2.
Conversely, the respective fields are represented by a difference in
field intensity (per unit volume), the electric E-field = 1/mc2
, the magnetic B-field = 1/mc and the gravity G-field = 1/m,
verifiable by their S-T units. These equations indicate the energy of
motion of the E-field exceeds the B-field which exceeds G-field per
unit volume,
which is indeed the case in our part of the cosmos. The corresponding
volume of effect of these three fields is highest in the case of the
G-field, followed by the B-field, then the E-field at the same time
as their effective energy intensity per unit volume decreases. Again,
the reciprocity between energy and field is apparent in the
mathematics and the physics. For example mass has the highest energy
(=mc2)
and the weakest field per unit volume with the largest volume of
effect, which is consistent with the mathematics of energy and its
field.
The
hypothesis that the above mentioned scalar motions which define
electric energy, magnetic energy and mass energy, is supported by the
operation of the dynamo and electric motor, the physics of which have
no convincing explanation in physics texts to date. If an electric
charge (scalar motion) in one degree of freedom were aligned to
oppose or negate one degree of the three freedoms of mass charge
scalar motion, the result would be a two freedom magnetic charge
perpendicular to the negated degree of freedom. [Electric
charge in S-T units is s,
which is space in one dimension. If s
moves through a conductor in a contra direction to one of the axes of
mass charge, the result is magnetic charge through negation of one
axis. Space moving through matter is mathematically the same as
matter moving through space, which is what the motion of matter is.]
This
is the observable case in the dynamo and motor. The matter which
carries (i) electric current is the copper conductor, (ii) magnetic
current is the iron of the stator and rotor and (iii) mass current is
carried by most matter and manifests as the motion
of the rotor relative to the stator. The machine correctly aligns all
3 degrees of freedom to produce the desired result, electric current
(dynamo) or mass motion (motor). It is magnetism which enables the
link between electric energy and mass energy while conserving energy
input and output in that machine. The other proven link between mass
and energy, nuclear fission, does not conserve the energy in the same
way and releases it to raise the entropy (disorder) of the system.
The
physics of the dynamo/electric motor above imply that motion of
electric charge (current) is the cause of the electric field, which
is in fact a potential that can move a point charge within it.
Similarly, the motion of mass charge is the cause of the gravity
field which can also move a mass charge within it. So if mass is
moving through space relative to a given reference it creates a
gravity field when observed from that reference point. That same
gravity field can cause acceleration of another mass charge which is
within the field, thereby creating a secondary gravity field. If the
given reference were considered the centre of the Milky Way galaxy it
can be seen why the Sun's gravity field and the Earth's gravity field
are different yet at the same time contribute to the motion of other
planets of the solar system. They are also a part of the sum gravity
field which belongs to the galaxy. Theoretically, one could start at
the galaxy level and using the same logic, drill down to the particle
level if the galaxy gravity field were to be analysed in detail. In
the other direction, the macroscopic view which includes all of the
galaxies would suggest that they are all in motion relative to each
other and thus have a gravitational field generated by that relative
motion and the mass charge of the matter within the galaxies.
The
summed effect of the gravity field caused by mass charge in relative
motion would be simple compared to its constituent parts. The
magnitude of the mass charge at a single mass pole (centre of
gravity) and of the motion would be an analogue of that of the
electric field strength and the magnitude of the point charge within
it, that is, the larger the current causing the field and the higher
the point charge within it would determine the acceleration of that
point charge, which in turn creates its own electric field by its
motion. Additional complexity is added when a charged particle
exhibits circular motion, thereby creating a magnetic field and
further electric induction effects.
It
would appear that most matter is affected and significantly connected
by one or more of the three fields discussed. The gravity field
appears to be wider in its distribution because its energy, mass
charge, is carried by most of the known fundamental particles in the
universe whereas, as far as is known, some do not exhibit electric
and/or magnetic charge. These observations suggest why, in S-T units,
acceleration is not the same entity as any of the fields. For
example, it
is not an electron which is accelerated through a conductor, but it
is the scalar motion called 'charge' which is the motion. That charge
can be observed when held on the molecules of synthetic clothing, for
example, where it is called a static charge. Charge needs the matter
(usually an electron or proton) to move through space because space
(the charge, s)
cannot move through space of itself. That scalar motion is the cause
of the acceleration of matter to which it is attached, within a
field.
Common
misconceptions are that gravity and acceleration are the same thing,
and that mass and matter are the same thing. It
may be appropriate here to establish different symbols for (1) the
acceleration of mass in a gravity field, g (N/kg),
as distinct from (2) the gravity field, G (kg-1).
On
Earth, the acceleration of mass due to gravity, g,
is 9.8 N/kg. The force, F = mearth
x a, where a = k mobject
/ r2,
which is the Newtonian gravitational computation of force.
The
gravity field, G, of mobject
is of a larger magnitude than that of mearth
because G = 1/m. It is the inertia
(kg/N) of mearth
which is so much larger than mobject
and why the object's motion toward Earth's mass pole ( 'centre of
gravity' ) is so much faster than vice versa. So one can conclude
from the mathematics that small objects have a large motion and small
inertia while large objects have a small motion and a large inertia.
That is why particles are attracted into large clusters which have
the same mass pole and eventually form stars and planets. The
corollary of this is that dispersed dust clouds have a large G field
(motion) and a small inertia because of the myriad of mass poles
within the dust clouds.
S-T
units make some errors easier to detect and correct. As proposed
above, matter may not be the cause of the gravity field, it may be
mass charge in motion which creates it.
The
magnitude of both mass charge and its motion may contribute to
gravity field strength. This view is consistent with the lower
dimension analogues of electricity and magnetism and is supported by
analysis of the S-T units.
For
example, S-T units s3/t3
= s/t2
x s2/t
is algebraically correct and
which in SI units is
G = a x 1/F ,
therefore
a = FG , (in S-T units s/t2
= t/s2
x s3/t3
= s/t2
and
is
correct
and consistent.)
It is already known
a = F/m (from F=ma, Newton's second law)
so FG = F/m
and
therefore G
= 1/m
also
F = g/G
The
SI unit for the gravity field is therefore kg-1
which is not the same as for acceleration, that being N kg-1,
or N/kg as outlined in section 1.
It
would appear that when mass energy (along with its carrier - matter)
is accelerated, mass energy (charge) is converted to motion of matter
and the mass charge is reduced as the motion increases. In exactly
the same way its analogue, electric energy on a capacitor is
converted to motion of charge at the expense of electric energy
(charge) on the capacitor plates when the switch between the plates
is closed.
5. Effects
Relating to Force
S-T
units provide an insight into energies by relating the degrees of
freedom of their energies to their spatial equivalent (Refer to
Appendix 1 for a full list of S-T units for known quantities). All
of these are verifiable from their SI unit equivalents.
For
example, Electrical energy t/s acts in one spatial dimension, t/s
divided by s is t/s x 1/s = t/s2
which is the S-T unit for force (or voltage) with one degree of
freedom.
Magnetic
energy acts in two spatial dimensions, t/s x t/s divided by area s2
= t/s x t/s x 1/s2
= t2/s4
(which is also the S-T unit for magnetic field intensity) and equates
to force in 2 degrees of freedom, t/s2
x t/s2
= t2/s4.
Mass
energy acts in three spatial dimensions, t/s x t/s x t/s divided by
volume s3
= t/s x t/s x t/s x 1/s3
= t3/s6
(which has no name) but equates to force in 3 degrees of freedom t/s2
x t/s2
x t/s2
= t3/s6.
The
above S-T units for the three phenomena have in common a product
difference between the successive degrees of freedom of t/s2
which is the S-T unit for force. The mathematics relate energy in the
different degrees of freedom directly to the force in the equivalent
degree of freedom.
6. More about Unity
Outlined
above is the hypothesis that states the mathematical reciprocity of
an energy and its field. It may be more illuminating to consider the
two parts which make the whole as 'Source' and 'Sink'. For example if
the electric energy (source) stored by a capacitor on the matter
which constitutes its plates is connected by a closed circuit, the
current flow (sink) which results decreases the source in a short
time to zero. There is no more source energy until the circuit is
switched open and the plates recharged. The source has been converted
to the sink, or put another way electric energy becomes electric
current. There is no free energy to be had here, as observation
confirms. Exactly the same applies in the mechanical system between
potential and kinetic energy.
Similarly,
the magnetic energy apparent in the matter which constitutes a magnet
becomes zero when a magnetic current flows. This can be seen in the
case of a magnetic current induced in a toroid ring, where the
magnetic current flows entirely within the confines of the ring and
there is no residual magnetic energy to be found outside the ring.
This is not the case in a bar magnet where there is no magnetic
current. The source is converted to the sink, magnetic energy becomes
magnetic current. The toroid ring is the basis for an electrical
transformer, with magnetic current flowing perpendicular to the
electric coils around it and converting its magnetic current to
electric current by induction.
The
same effect can be observed with mass energy (source) and mass
current (which is the gravity field by another name) which is the
sink. For example an astronaut in the space station orbiting the
earth is seen from within the space station to be weightless in a
zero gravity environment. This may not be strictly correct. The mass
charge attached to the matter which constitutes his body has been
converted to mass current, analogous to the above examples. His mass
charge (source) has become zero because it has been converted to its
sink which is motion (mass current or gravity), and is observable as
motion of matter by an outside observer. The Earth's gravity field
thus has no effect upon him.
There is further observable evidence that the reality is
the reduction of his mass charge to zero rather than gravity to zero.
Earlier in this paper( Section 1.), it was mathematically proposed
that inertia can be measured as kilograms per newton (kg/N). If mass
charge is reduced to zero, the astronaut will have zero inertia (0
kg/N). This is the case within the space station, with the smallest
push propelling the astronaut across the room. The difference between
the concepts of zero mass and zero gravity in the case of the
astronaut is significant, and depends upon the position of the
observer.
One
of the mathematical implications of matter with zero mass charge is
that the force required to accelerate that matter to light speed is
finite, not infinite as the Theory of Special Relativity proposes.
Matter with no mass, perhaps might acquire a velocity in excess of
light speed.
Special
Relativity Theory indicates that the energy goes into increasing the
mass of the object. If force is applied to an object at light speed
and light speed is the upper limit of velocity, then the energy
behind that force must go into another place if energy is to be
conserved.
Experimental evidence outlined below supports that
theoretical conclusion.
7. The Planck Constant
The
(reduced) Planck Constant is stated as (approximately) 1.054 x 10-34
Joule.sec and is a fundamental in many calculations within physics.
It is seen as the 'quantum of action' or the smallest unit which can
cause a change in motion. When the SI unit Joule.sec is converted to
S-T units it becomes energy t/s times time t and equals t2/s.
This is the S-T unit which describes Inertia.
It follows from the above logic in Section 1., that its reciprocal
Acceleration,
s/t2,
is therefore at a maximum when its reciprocal, inertia, is at the
minimum possible to produce an action, which is what a 'quantum'
means. The implication is that 1/ 1.054x10-34
is the maximum possible acceleration and that equals 9.487 x 1033
N/kg (or m/sec2).
The mathematics which point to the existence of unity between source
and sink also imply, from the quantum values which are the smallest
indivisible quantities, that there are also maximum values whose
limits are imposed by their source minimums. Quantum theory currently
does not allow a value for inertia less than the Planck constant,
which based on the foregoing, also defines a maximum acceleration.
The theoretical maximum acceleration provides a theoretical limit to
the rate of expansion of the universe, and it exceeds the speed of
light. This view may require further investigation by science in the
future.
As
an example of potential problems with Planck measurement, current
physics has a problem with inconsistent values for the radius of a
proton. Both methods of measurement give a significantly different
result. Both results do, however, agree that the radius of a proton
is smaller than the Planck length, which is supposed to be the
quantum of distance, yet a particle appears to have a smaller size
than the quantum of distance. It is not clear what, if anything is a
fundamental, and begs the question 'Why is a proton so small?'
8. Summary of the foregoing Theoretical
Analysis of the Physics of Unity
- Energy can be transformed to an alternative state, which is Motion.
- Motion is an alternative state of Energy and there is conservation of energy between the two states which can be expressed as mathematical reciprocity. ( Potential to Kinetic energy, for example. )
- Magnetic energy is a two dimensional analogue of Electric energy and is orthogonal to Electric energy.
- Mass energy is a three dimensional analogue of Electric energy and is orthogonal to both Electric and Magnetic energies. ( The electric motor and dynamo are examples of energy orthogonality and which in both cases mass energy is displayed in its alternate state, motion of the mass charge of the shaft and rotor. There is therefore no change of weight [mass] in the shaft and rotor.)
- The alternative state of Electric energy is the motion of electric charge, and is observed as the E-field.
- The alternative state of Magnetic energy is the motion of magnetic charge, and is observed as the B-field.
- The alternative state of Mass energy is the motion of mass charge, and is observed as the G- field.
- Mass is not the same entity as matter. Mass energy can be altered, which in a gravitational field will alter weight.
9.Variability of Mass
In collaboration with Kelvin Abraham of Brisbane, Australia, the author of Tetryonic Theory, the experimental results were analysed at a quantum level to find a theoretical explanation at that level. (The file containing that analysis has not been included in this paper due to file size.)
The analysis of the quantum forces created by the coil system within the object concluded that:
- An excess of
positive charge mass energy momenta within the object resulted in an
asymmetry between positive and negative Planck charge quanta. The
state of excess positive charge mass energy momenta increased
the mass of the object.
- An excess of
negative charge mass energy momenta within the object decreased
mass.
- The linear vector force created by the coil in the object had a direct proportion to its mass.
The linear vector force in 3. above did not cause motion of the object and resulted in a variation of mass, manifested as weight in the experimental results. When Newton's F = ma is applied, that force which did not cause motion was channeled into the form of mass energy and thus the energy was conserved.
The quantum analysis and
the original hypothetical mathematics, summarized in 8. above, when
added to the experimental results, leave little room for doubt that:
- There is direct connection between the
energies of electricity, magnetism and mass.
- Mass is not the same entity as matter.
These conclusions are
similarly indicated by Tetryonic Theory itself.
In summary,
'' If a force is applied to an object of invariant mass, that object must accelerate according to Newton's Second Law of Motion, F = ma. When an applied force does not result in an acceleration (in the absence of any other counter forces), the mass of that object becomes variable. Energy is thus conserved.'' (Bull's Law)
It is indicated by the experimental results and quantum analysis that the Theory of Special Relativity is correct in its conclusion that the mass of an object will increase as its speed approaches its maximum velocity, c, and it undergoes no further acceleration with additional energy input. The following experiments create the analogue of that condition.
Record of
Experiments
10.
Experimental Investigation (1)
Decreasing
of Mass
Aim
This
laboratory experiment is to investigate the theoretical link between
electric, magnetic and mass energy, apart from that demonstrated by
the electric motor and dynamo.
Concept
The
electric motion (current) through a copper conductor which has been
wound into a coil produces (at a right angle to the electric current)
magnetic energy which replicates a bar magnet, if there is a bar of
iron within the windings. This is a simple solenoid. The iron is the
conductor for magnetic energy and this is readily observable. When
that iron is formed into a continuous circuit, or ring, the magnetic
energy of the bar is converted to its other form, being magnetic
motion or current. Magnetic current can be converted back to electric
current, as is the case with an electrical transformer using exactly
this principle.
If
the magnetic current carrying iron conductor were itself wound into a
solenoid configuration, with the copper electric conductor still in
place around it and electrically insulated from the iron windings,
the magnetic windings should have an effect upon the volume within
that solenoid and the mass within it. All three energies are at right
angles to each other in this design, as is the case in the electric
motor. If the application of electric current to the copper windings
creates a magnetic current in the iron windings, then a measure of an
alteration of the mass within the second dimension solenoid would
prove a connection between the three phenomena, going beyond the
already known connection between the first two, electricity and
magnetism.
Apparatus
0.4
mm laquer insulated copper winding was wound around 1 mm plastic
coated ferrous wire, copper winding in single layer covering 2.0
metre length of ferrous wire and 2200 turns of copper wire of total
electrical resistance 1.4 ohms.
The iron wire with its copper windings was then wound in
solenoid fashion around 3 mm ID transparent plastic tube, making a
total length of 2 dimensional winding of 255 mm in length. There are
97 turns of ferrous wire which are copper wound, and at each end an
additional 21 and 19 turns respectively of ferrous wire without
copper winding, total 137 turns containing 350 mm of plastic 'mass'
tube.
Fittings for connection were made on the ends of the
copper windings for electric current; end to end connection of the
iron wire to form a ring for magnetic current; and a joiner tap for
joining the transparent plastic tube to itself to allow a current of
mass (in liquid form) to flow and be observed.
Laboratory equipment used is a Powertech 0-30V, 0-3 A
variable DC power supply and Digitech electronic scales measuring in
grams to an accuracy of 2 decimal places (1/100 of a gram).
Method
(I)The
transparent tube is filled with liquid water containing small amounts
of oil, approximately the same density as the water, so that any
movement within the tube can be readily observed.The tube tap is
closed and the whole apparatus is placed on an acrylic dish on the
electronic scales and an accurate weight taken after warming up the
scales for 15 minutes to prevent any fluctuations (as recommended by
the manufacturer). The power supply is switched on to the copper
conductor coil and a reading of voltage and current flow noted
against the weight reading on the scales over a period of time. Time,
current, voltage and weight of the apparatus are noted
photographically so that nothing is touched or changed between
readings. All air movement from outside is eliminated within the
experimental area. Volume of mass within the tube within the magnetic
coil is approximately 4 ml of liquid water plus 260mm of plastic
tube, weighing in total approximately 5 grams.
(II)
The
tube tap is opened and observation for induced motion of the liquid
mass is made. Further data on change in weight vs current and voltage
with tap open allowing mass current to flow.
Data
(I)
Date: 7 April 2014
Time
(AEST) Current (amps) Voltage (volts) Weight of
Apparatus (N)
- 1244:070079.701245:303.211.879.671246:303.201.879.641247:303.201.879.631248:303.201.879.601249:303.191.979.561250:303.191.979.541251:303.191.979.521252:303.191.979.501253:303.191.979.471254:303.191.979.461255:303.191.979.451256:303.191.979.421257:303.192.079.411258:303.191.979.401259:303.181.979.411300:303.181.979.401301:303.181.979.391302:303.171.979.381303:303.171.979.371304:303.171.979.371305:303.171.979.371306:303.171.979.391307:303.171.979.38
Graph
of Data (I)
Time
↑
(mins)
24
-
+
21
-
+
18
-
+
15
-
+
12
-
+
9
-
+
6
- +
3
- +
0
+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
79.70
.65 .60 .55
.50 .45 .40 .37
Weight
→
Decrease
(Newtons)
Data (II)
There was no observed movement of the liquid mass with
the tube tap open and no weight change was therefore measurable to
compare with weight change when tap was closed.
Results Analysis
The
foregoing experimental data (summarized in the above graph) indicate
a decrease
of the weight of the matter within the magnetic coil over a period of
approximately 18 minutes. The change in weight indicates a change in
the mass charge of the liquid water (and plastic tube) within the
coil. It is estimated that the initial weight within the coil was
approximately 5 grams, and the variation maximum was measured at 0.33
grams, representing a change in weight of 6.67%. The majority of the
weight loss occurred in the first 12 minutes. Voltage and current
through the apparatus remained very close to constant. Weight
decrease levelled off at about 18 minutes.
The wire diameter of the copper windings limited the
electric current which could be forced through the wire without undue
heating.
The
entire experiment was photographed as it progressed with a picture of
the clock followed by a picture of the digital readings for weight,
current and voltage, and nothing was touched or altered during the
entire 24 minute period while readings were being recorded by the
camera. The data for this experiment can be viewed in the file Mass
Exp 1, not included in this paper due to file size.
Note:
Weight is correctly measured as a force (W=mg) with the SI unit
'Newtons'. Mass is measured in 'Kilograms'. A body with a weight of
100 Newtons would, on Earth, have a mass of 100/9.8 or 10.2 kg. This
error is rarely highlighted in physics texts, which often erroneously
use the SI unit kilogram as a measure of weight. S-T units make this
error easy to detect, W= mg becomes t/s2
= t3/s3
x s/t2
= t/s2
.
Provisional Conclusions
The
results support the underlying hypothesis in this paper which
proposes the view that mass is a charge carried by most particles of
matter and that it has both a mathematical and physical connection
with the energies of electricity and magnetism. The experiment was
conducted within the constant gravity field associated with the
Earth, from which it can be concluded that the experimental apparatus
altered the mass of the matter within the apparatus and not the
gravitational acceleration. The reduced weight in the same gravity
field means that it is mass which is reduced, from the mathematics
which indicate that Weight = mass x gravity, W = mg.
It
is not clear why the alteration of the mass within the apparatus was
also a function of time. Further research using higher energies may
reveal a clearer mathematical relationship relating time to the
change in mass from its electrical origin.
It is already known that there is a build and decay time for an
induced magnetic field. In the experimental apparatus it is a case of
electric current (E-field motion) inducing magnetic current (B-field
motion) reducing mass energy with no apparent conversion of mass to
motion (G-field motion). Mass motion is apparent in the parallel case
of an electric motor, which has the a similar orthogonal relationship
between the different fields.
Further investigation may be warranted.
11.
Experimental Investigation (2)
Increasing
of Mass
This
experiment is aimed at a replication of Experimental Investigation
(1) with a
reversal of the direct current polarity in the electrical windings,
that is, reversing the electric current direction within the
apparatus. The data so obtained may provide some further
understanding of the relationship between electric current, magnetic
current and mass charge and /or mass current.
Data (A)
Date: 13 April 2014
Time (AEST) Current (amps)
Voltage (volts) Weight of Apparatus (N)
09:15:00
|
0
|
0.00
|
81.64
|
09:16:00
|
3.21
|
1.90
|
81.81
|
09:17:00
|
3.21
|
1.90
|
81.87
|
09:18:00
|
3.20
|
2.00
|
81.91
|
09:19:00
|
3.20
|
2.00
|
81.95
|
09:20:00
|
3.20
|
2.00
|
81.99
|
09:21:00
|
3.20
|
2.00
|
82.02
|
09:22:00
|
3.20
|
2.10
|
82.05
|
09:23:00
|
3.20
|
2.10
|
82.08
|
09:24:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.11
|
09:25:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.13
|
09:26:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.16
|
09:27:00
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.18
|
09:28:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.21
|
09:29:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.22
|
09:30:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.24
|
09:31:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.26
|
09:32:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.29
|
09:33:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.28
|
09:34:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.28
|
09:35:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.28
|
09:36:00
|
3.19
|
2.20
|
82.28
|
09:37:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.27
|
09:38:00
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.27
|
Data (B)
Mass
flow tap was opened at the conclusion of the collection of Data (A)
and there was no observable motion of the liquid mass.
Graph of Data (A)
Time
↑
(mins)
24
-
+
21
-
+
18
-
+
15
-
+
12
-
+
09
- +
06
- +
03
- +
00
-+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
81.64
.70
.80 .90 82.00
.10 .20 .30
Weight
→
Increase
(Newtons)
Results Analysis
The
results of Experimental Investigation (2) summarized in the graph
above show an increase
in the weight of the matter within the apparatus coil of 0.64 grams,
an increase of 13% of the approximate initial weight within the coil,
about 5 grams. The weight gain occurred within the first 18 minutes
and thereafter levelled off to a constant total weight of 82.28 grams
from 81.64 grams for the total apparatus. There was no observable
motion of the liquid in the mass tube. The data for this experiment
has been photographed and can be seen in the file Mass Exp 2, not
included in this paper due to file size.
Preliminary Conclusions
The
reversing of the direction of the DC current through the electric
windings has, increased the mass of the matter within the coil. The
increase of mass in Experimental Investigation (2) is approximately
double that of the decrease in mass in Experimental Investigation
(1). The reason for that is not yet clear. ¹
The
reversed results of these two experiments eliminate the possibility
that the result in either case arises from faulty measuring
equipment, operator error or other outside influences.
¹
Post
Script:
From the result of Experiment 3, it was then known that the reduced
mass of Experiment 1 was carried over into Experiment 2, and the
increase in mass of Experiment 2 included the reversal of Experiment
1, thus approximately doubling the observable change.
Experimental Investigation connected with Mass
Alteration
After experimentally verifying the
theoretical connection between the energies of mass, magnetism and
electricity (as described in the paper Mass Gravity and Unity), the
apparatus used in those experiments is further used to examine other
aspects of these phenomena.
12.
Experimental Investigation (3) Permanence
of Mass Alteration
Aim:
This experiment is intended to examine and quantify the process of
elevating a mass and if it returns to its original natural value, and
whether there is a return of that energy through the coil system to
manifest as electric current or potential in the copper wiring coil.
Method:
The original liquid mass in the mass tube is replaced and added to
by a larger (heavier) mass in the form of a solid which can be
inserted and replaces some of the liquid. The material is plastic
coated 1 mm iron fence wire. Its net weight is 3.53 grams. Add 1.00
gram for the plastic tube and 3 grams for 3 ml of water replaced in
the tube within the coil, total 7.53 grams weight (N), in addition to
the weight of the coils, giving an initial total weight of 82.39
grams weight (N).
Data:
Date: 14 April 2014
Time (AEST)
Current (amps) Voltage (volts) Weight
(Newtons)
1242
|
.00
|
.00
|
82.39
|
1243
|
3.21
|
1.90
|
82.44
|
1244
|
3.20
|
2.00
|
82.50
|
1245
|
3.20
|
2.00
|
82.55
|
1246
|
3.20
|
1.90
|
82.59
|
1247
|
3.19
|
1.90
|
82.63
|
1248
|
3.19
|
1.90
|
82.66
|
1249
|
3.19
|
1.90
|
82.69
|
1250
|
3.19
|
1.90
|
82.72
|
1251
|
3.19
|
1.90
|
82.75
|
1252
|
3.19
|
1.90
|
82.77
|
1253
|
3.19
|
1.90
|
82.79
|
1254
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.81
|
1255
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.84
|
1256
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.85
|
1257
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.87
|
1258
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.89
|
1259
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.90
|
1300
|
3.19
|
2.10
|
82.92
|
1301
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.93
|
1302
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.94
|
1303
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.97
|
1304
|
3.19
|
2.00
|
82.98
|
1305
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
82.99
|
1306
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.00
|
1307
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.01
|
1308
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.03
|
1309
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.04
|
1310
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.05
|
1311
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.06
|
1312
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.08
|
1313
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.09
|
1314
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.10
|
1315
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.11
|
1316
|
3.18
|
2.00
|
83.11
|
1317
|
.00
|
.00
|
83.13
|
1318
|
.00
|
.00
|
83.13
|
1319
|
.00
|
.00
|
83.13
|
Weight increase 0.74N
|
% increase in weight within
coils 9.82%
|
Time to increase weight 34 mins
|
Decrease of weight after current
shutoff - Zero
|
Residual potential in coil with
elevated weight - Zero
|
Results:
The percentage increase
in the weight is of the same order as the previous experiments. The
time taken to achieve that increase was approximately double that of
the previous experiments, possibly because of the increase in mass
within the coils from the addition of the wire. There
was no decrease in weight after the electric current was shut off,
and no measurable residual potential within the electric coil. The
apparatus was left on the scales for 40 minutes after the conclusion
of the experiment without any reduction in weight (mass).
Photographic records of this experiment are available in the file
Mass Exp 3, not included with this paper because of the file size.
Conclusion:
The
electrical energy converted to mass charge by this experiment
remained as mass charge and did not revert to electrical energy after
disconnection. The apparatus creates additional mass charge on the
matter within its coils which remains there and is manifested as
increased weight within the Earth's gravitational field. The
results of Experiment 3 eliminate the possibility that the fields
from the experimental apparatus caused a faulty reading by the
electronic scales.
Photograph
of the recording of data during Experiment 3 at 1316 on 14 April 2014
showing experimental coil apparatus as described above under
'Apparatus', clock, scales and power supply.
Appendix 1
Table
of Space -Time Units of Measure
Michael J. Bull 2013
MOTION
SPACE
EXPANSION
MATTER
S4/T4
?
|
S4/T3
?
|
S4/T2
?
|
S4/T
?
|
S4
?
|
↑
S4
|
S4
?
|
TS4
gluon
|
T2S4
photon
|
T3S4
Z-boson
|
T4S4
W-boson
|
S3/T4
?
|
S3/T3
mass
current
GRAVITY
|
S3/T2
?
|
S3/T
?
|
S3
volume
|
S3
|
S3
volume
|
TS3
top
quark
|
T2S3
bottom
quark
|
T3S3
tau
|
T4S3
tau
neutrino
|
S2/T4
?
|
S2/T3
?
|
S2/T2
magnetic
current
|
S2/T
?
|
S2
area
|
S2
|
S2
area
|
TS2
charm
quark
|
T2S2
strange
quark
|
T3S2
muon
|
T4S2
muon
neutrino
|
S/T4
?
|
S/T3
Δ
accel,
moment of accel.
|
S/T2
Δ
speed,
accel.
|
S/T
speed,
elec
current
|
S
distance,
elec charge
capacitance C
|
S1
|
S
distance,
elec charge
capacitance C
|
TS
up
quark
|
T2S
down
quark
|
T3S
electron
|
T4S
electron
neutrino
|
1/T4
?
←
|
1/T3
?
contraction
|
1/T2
?
of
time
|
1/T
frequency
|
S0/T0
= 1
Unity
MOTION
|
S0
|
T0
S0 = 1
Unity
MATTER
|
T
time
|
T2
?
expansion
|
T3
?
of
time
|
T4
?
→
|
←
T - 4
|
T -
3
|
T -
2
|
T -
1
|
T0
|
O
|
T0
|
T1
|
T2
|
T3
|
T4
→
|
1/T4
?
|
1/T3
?
|
1/T2
?
|
1/T
frequency
|
1/T0
S0 = 1
Unity
ANTI-MATTER
|
S0
|
T0/S0
= 1
Unity
ENERGY
|
T
time
|
T2
?
|
T3
?
|
T4
?
|
1/T4S
anti
electron neutrino
|
1/T3S
anti
electron (positron)
|
1/T2S
anti
down quark
|
1/TS
anti
up quark
|
1/S
power
|
S-1
|
1/S
power
|
T/S
energy
electric
energy
|
T2/S
inertia
|
T3/S
moment of inertia
|
T4/S
?
|
1/T4S2
anti
muon neutrino
|
1/T3S2
anti
muon
|
1/T2S2
anti
strange quark
|
1/TS2
anti
charm quark
|
1/S2
?
|
S-2
|
1/S2
?
|
T/S2
force,
elect potential V
|
T2/S2
momentum
magnetic
energy
elec resistivity σ
|
T3/S2
?
|
T4/S2
?
|
1/T4S3
anti
tau neutrino
|
1/T3S3
anti
tau
|
1/T2S3
anti
bottom quark
|
1/TS3
anti
top quark
|
1/S3
?
|
S-3
|
1/S3
?
|
T/S3
elect field
intensity E
|
T2/S3
elec resis R
magnetic potential
|
T3/S3
MASS
energy
|
T4/S3
?
|
1/T4S4
anti
W-boson
|
1/T3S4
anti
Z-boson
|
1/T2S4
anti
photon
|
1/TS4
anti
gluon
|
1/S4
?
|
S-4
↓
|
1/S4
?
|
T/S4
pressure
|
T2/S4
magnetic intensity
H
|
T3/S4
mag resist μ
|
T4/S4
?
|
ANTI
– MATTER
SPACE
CONTRACTION
ENERGY
Motion and Energy, Matter and Anti-Matter are
mathematically reciprocal and conservative of the energy contained
therein. Quantities unknown to science are marked with '?'.
Space-Time units of measure can be readily verified from SI units of
measure. Axes describe expansion and contraction of both Space and
Time and the Table shows the results of that relative interaction.
The S-T product describes the Standard Model of particle physics
which is well understood, while the S-T ratio describes the known
quantities of physics. The S-T Table predicts the relationship
between ratios and provides a guide as to the relationship of known
to unknown energies and motions. The principle of unity is well
supported by the mathematics of reciprocity between Motion and
Energy, Matter and Anti-Matter.
Appendix 2
The Dimensions of
Motion
Dewey B. Larson
Now that the existence
of scalar motion has been demonstrated (in a prior article), it will
be appropriate to examine the consequences of this existence. Some
of the most significant consequences are related to the dimensions
of this hitherto unrecognized type of motion. The word “dimension”
is used in several different senses, but in the sense in which it is
applied to space it signifies the number of independent magnitudes
that are required for a complete definition of a spatial quantity.
It is generally conceded that space is three-dimensional. Thus three
independent magnitudes are required for a complete definition of a
quantity of space. Throughout the early years of science this was
taken as an indication that the universe is three-dimensional.
Currently, the favored hypothesis is that of a four-dimensional
universe, in which the three dimensions of space are joined to one
dimension of time. Strangely enough, there does not appear to have
been any critical examination of the question as to the number of
dimensions of motion that are possible. The scientific community has
simply taken it for granted that the limits applicable to motion
coincide with those of the spatial reference system. On reviewing
this situation it can be seen that this assumption is incorrect. The
relation of any one of the three space magnitudes to a quantity of
time constitutes a scalar motion. Thus three dimensions of scalar
motion are possible. But only one dimension of motion can be
accommodated within the conventional spatial reference system. The
result of any motion within this reference system can be represented
by a vector (a one-dimensional expression), and the resultant of any
number of such motions can be represented by the vector sum
(likewise one-dimensional). Any motions that exist in the other two
dimensions cannot be represented.
Here again we encounter
a shortcoming of the reference system. In our examination of the
nature of
scalar motion we saw
that this type of motion cannot be represented in the reference
system in its true character. The magnitude and direction attributed
to such a motion in the context of the reference system are not
specifically defined, but are wholly dependent on the size and
position of the object whose location constitutes the reference
point. Now we find that there are motions which cannot be
represented in the reference system in any manner. It is therefore
evident that the system of spatial coordinates that we use in
conjunction with a clock as a system of reference for physical
activity gives us a severely limited, and in some respects
inaccurate, view of physical reality. In order to get the true
picture we need to examine the whole range of physical activity, not
merely that portion of the whole that the reference system is
capable of representing.
For instance,
gravitation has been identified as a scalar motion, and there is no
evidence that it is
subject to any kind of
a dimensional limitation other than that applying to scalar motion,
in general. We must therefore conclude that gravitation can act
three-dimensionally. Furthermore, it can be seen that gravitation
must act in all of the dimensions in which it can act. This is a
necessary consequence of the relation between gravitation and mass.
The magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by a material
particle or aggregate (a measure of its gravitational motion) is
determined by its mass. Thus mass is a measure of the inherent
negative scalar motion content of the matter. It follows that motion
of any mass m is a motion of a negative scalar motion. To produce
such a compound motion, a positive scalar motion v (measured as
speed or velocity) must be applied to the mass. The resultant is
“mv,” now called momentum, but known earlier as “quantity of
motion,” a term that more clearly expresses the nature of the
quantity. In the context of a spatial reference system, the applied
motion v has a direction,
and is thus a vector
quantity, but the direction is imparted by the coupling to the
reference system and is not an inherent property of the motion
itself. This motion therefore retains its positive scalar status
irrespective of the vectorial direction.
In the compound motion
mv, the negative gravitational motion acts as a resistance to the
positive
motion v. The
gravitational motion must therefore take place in all three of the
available dimensions, as any one of the three may be parallel to the
dimension of the reference system, and there would be no effective
resistance in any vacant dimension. We may
therefore identify the gravitational motion as three-dimensional
speed, which we can express as s3/t3,
where s and t are space and time respectively.
The mass (the
resistance that this negative gravitational motion offers to the
applied positive motion) is then the inverse of this quantity, or
t3/s3.
Since only one dimension of motion can be
represented in three-dimensional spatial coordinate system, the
gravitational motion in the other two dimensions has no directional
effect, but its magnitude applies as a modifier of the magnitude of
the motion in the dimension of the reference system.
We now turn to a
different kind of “dimension.” When physical quantities are
resolved into component quantities of a fundamental nature, these
component quantities are called dimensions. The currently accepted
systems of measurement express the dimensions of mechanical
quantities in terms of mass, length, and time, together with the
dimensions (in the first sense) of these quantities. But
now that mass has been identified as a motion, a relation between
space and time, all of the quantities of the mechanical system can
be expressed in terms of space and time only.
For purposes of the present discussion the word “space” will be
used instead of “length,” to avoid implying that there is a some
dimensional difference between space and time. On this basis the
“dimensions,” or “space-time dimensions” of one-dimensional
speed are space divided by time, or s/t.
As indicated above, mass has the dimensions t3/s3.
The product of mass and
speed (or velocity) is t3/s3
× s/t = t2/s2.
This is “quantity of motion,” or
momentum.
The product of mass and the second power of
speed is t3/s3×
s2/t2
= t/s, which is energy.
Acceleration, the time rate of change of
speed, is s/t × 1/t = s/t2.
Multiplying acceleration by mass, we obtain t3/s3
× s/t2 = t/s2,
which is force, the “quantity of
acceleration,” we might call it. The dimensions of the other
mechanical quantities are simply combinations of these basic
dimensions. Pressure,
for instance, is force divided by area, t/s2
× 1/s2 = t/s4.
When reduced to
space-time terms in accordance with the foregoing identifications,
all of the well-
established mechanical
relations are dimensionally consistent. To illustrate this
agreement, we may
consider the relations
applicable to angular motion, which take a different form from those
applying to translational motion, and utilize some different
physical quantities. The angular system introduces a purely
numerical quantity, the angle of rotation ς.
The time rate of change of this angle is the angular velocity ω,
which has the dimensions ω = ς/t
= 1/t. Force is applied in the form of torque, L, which is the
product of force and the radius, r. L = Fr = t/s2
× s = t/s. One other quantity entering into the angular relations
is the moment of inertia, symbol I, the product of the mass and the
second power of the radius. I = mr2
= t3/s3
× s2 = t3/s.
The following equations demonstrate the dimensional consistency
achieved by this identification of the space-time dimensions:
energy (t/s) = L
ς
= t/s × 1 = t/s
energy (t/s) = ½Iω2
= t3/s × 1/t2=
t/s
power (1/s) = Lω = t/s
× 1/t = 1/s
torque (t/s) = ½Iω2
= t3/s × 1/t2=
t/s
The only dimensional
discrepancy in the basic equations of the mechanical system is in
the
gravitational force
equation, which is expressed as F = Gmm’/d2
, where G is the gravitational constant and d is the distance
between the interacting masses. Although this equation is correct
mathematically, it cannot qualify as a theoretically established
relation. As one physics textbook puts it, this equation “is not a
defining equation... and cannot be derived from defining equations.
It represents an observed relationship.” The reason for this
inability to arrive at a theoretical explanation of the equation
becomes apparent when we examine it from a dimensional standpoint.
The dimensions of force in general are those of the product of mass
and acceleration. It follows that these must also be the dimensions
of any specific force. For instance, the gravitational force acting
on an object in the earth’s gravitational field is the product of
the mass and the “acceleration due to gravity.” These same
dimensions must likewise apply to the gravitational force in
general. When we look at the gravitational equation in this light,
it becomes evident that the gravitational constant represents the
magnitude of the acceleration at unit values of m’ and d, and that
these quantities are dimensionless ratios. The dimensionally correct
expression of the gravitational equation is then
F = ma, where the
numerical value of “a” is Gm’/d2
.
The space-time
dimensions of the quantities involved in current electricity can
easily be identified in the same manner as those of the mechanical
system. Most of the measurement systems currently in use add an
electric quantity to the mass, length and time applicable to the
mechanical system, bringing the total number of independent base
quantities to four. However, the new information developed in the
foregoing paragraphs enables expressing the electrical quantities of
this class in terms of space and time only, in the same manner as
the mechanical quantities.
Electrical energy
(watt-hours) is merely one form of energy in
general, and therefore has the energy dimensions, t/s.
Power (watts) is
energy divided by time, t/s × 1/t = 1/s.
Electrical force, or voltage
(volts) is equivalent to mechanical force, with the dimensions t/s2
. Electric current
(amperes) is power divided by voltage. I = 1/s × s2/t
= s/t. Thus current
is dimensionally equal to speed. Electrical
quantity(coulombs) is current multiplied by
time, and has the dimensions
Q = I t = s/t × t = s.
Resistance (ohms) is
voltage divided by current, R = t/s2
× t/s = t2/s3.
This is the only one of the basic quantities involved in the
electric current phenomenon that has no counterpart in the
mechanical system. Its significance can be appreciated when it is
noted that the dimensions t2/s3
are those of mass per unit time.(1)
The dimensions of other
electrical quantities can be obtained by combination, as noted in
connection with the
mechanical quantities. As can be seen from the foregoing, the
quantities involved in the current electricity are dimensionally
equivalent to those of the mechanical system. We could, in fact,
describe the current phenomena as the mechanical aspects of
electricity. The only important difference is that mechanics is
largely concerned with the motions of individual units or
aggregates, while current electricity deals with continuous
phenomena in which the individual units are not separately
identified. The validity of the dimensional assignments in
electricity, and the identity of the electrical and mechanical
relations, can be verified by reducing the respective equations to
the space-time basis. For example, in mechanics the expression for
kinetic energy (or work) is W = ½mv2,
the dimensions ofwhich are t3/s3
× s2/t2=
t/s. The corresponding equation for the energy of the electric
current is W =I2Rt.
As mentioned above, the product Rt is equivalent to mass, while I,
the current, has the dimensionsof speed, s/t. Thus, like the kinetic
energy, the electrical energy is the product of mass and the second
power of speed, W = I2Rt
= s2/t2
× t2/s3×
t = t/s. Another expression for mechanical energy is force times
distance, W = Fd = t/s2
× s = t/s. Similarly, relations of current electricity are likewise
dimensionally consistent, and equivalent to the corresponding
mechanical relations, when reduced to (1)
t3/s3
× 1/t = t2/s3
space-time terms.
Identification of the
space-time dimensions of electrostatic quantities, those involving
electric charge, is
complicated by the fact that in present-day physical thought
electric charge is not distinguished from electrical quantity. As we
have seen, electric quantity is dimensionally equivalent to space.
On the other hand, we can deduce from the points brought out in the
preceding article that electric charge is a one-dimensional analog
of mass, and is therefore dimensionally equivalent to energy. This
can be verified by consideration of the relations involving electric
field intensity, symbol E. In terms of charge, the electric field
intensity is given by the expression
E = Q/s2
. But the field intensity is defined as force per unit distance, and
its space-time dimensions are therefore t/s2
× 1/s = t/s3.
Applying these dimensions to the equation E = Q/s2
, we obtain
Q = Es2
= t/s3 × s2
= t/s.
As long as the two
different quantities that are called by the same name are used
separately, their
practical application
is not affected, but confusion is introduced into the theoretical
treatment of the
phenomena that are
involved. For instance in the relations involving capacitance
(symbol C),
Q = t/s inthe basic
equation C = Q/V = t/s × s2/t
= s. The conclusion that capacitance is dimensionally equivalent to
space is confirmed observationally, as the capacitance can be
calculated from geometrical measurements. However, the usual form of
the corresponding energy equation is W = QV, reflecting the
definition of the volt as one joule per coulomb. In this equation, Q
= W/V = t/s × s2/t
= s. Because of the lack of distinction between the two usages of Q
the quantity CV, which is equal to Q in the equation C = Q/V is
freely substituted for Q in equations of the W = Q/V type, leading
to results such as W =C/V2,
which are dimensionally incorrect.
Such findings emphasize
the point that the ability to reduce all physical relations to their
space-time
dimensions provides us
with a powerful and effective tool for analyzing physical phenomena.
Its
usefulness is clearly
demonstrated when it is applied to an examination of magnetism,
which has been the least understood of the major areas of physics.
The currently accepted formulations of the various magnetic
relations are a mixture of correct and incorrect expressions, but by
using those that are most firmly based it is possible to identify
the space-time dimensions of the primary magnetic quantities.
This information then
enables correcting existing errors in the statements of other
relations, and
establishing
dimensional consistency over the full range of magnetic phenomena.
In carrying out such a
program we find that magnetism is a two-dimensional analog of
electricity. The effect of the added dimension is to introduce a
factor t/s into the expressions of the relations applicable to the
one-dimensional electric system. Thus the magnetic analog of an
electric charge, t/s, is a magnetic charge, t2/s2.
The existence of such a charge is not recognized in present-day
magnetic theory, probably because there is no independent
magnetically-charged particle, but one of the methods of dealing
with permanent magnets makes use of the concept of the “magnetic
pole,” which is essentially the same thing. The unit pole strength
in the SI system, the measurement system now most commonly applied
to magnetism, is the weber, which is equivalent to a volt-second,
and therefore has the dimensions t/s2
× t = t2/s2.
The same units and dimensions apply to
magnetic flux, a
quantity that is currently used in most relations that involve
magnetic charge, as well as in other applications where flux is the
more appropriate term.Current ideas concerning magnetic potential,
or magnetic force, are in a state of confusion. Questions as to the
relation between electric potential and magnetic potential, the
difference, if any, between potential and force, and the meaning of
the distinctions that are drawn between various magnetic quantities
such as magnetic potential, magnetic vector potential, magnetic
scalar potential, and magnetomotive force, have never received
definitive answers. Now, however, by analyzing these quantities into
their space-time dimensions we are able to provide the answers that
have been lacking.
We find that force and
potential have the same dimensions, and are therefore equivalent
quantities. The term “potential” is generally applied to a
distributed force, a force field, and the use of a special name in
this context is probably justified, but is should be kept in mind
that a potential is a force.
On the other hand, a
magnetic potential (force) is not dimensionally equivalent to an
electrical potential (force), as it is subject to the additional t/s
factor that relates the two-dimensional magnetic quantities to the
one-dimensional electric quantities. From the dimensions t/s2
of the electric potential, if follows that the correct dimensions of
the magnetic potential
are t/s × t/s2 =
t2/s3
. This agrees with the dimensions of magnetic vector potential. In
the SI system, the unit of this quantity is the weber per meter, or
t2/s2
× 1/s = t2/s3
. (The corresponding cgs unit is the gilbert, which also reduces to
t2/s3
).
The same dimensions
should apply to magneto motive force (MMF), and to magnetic
potential
where this quantity is
distinguished from vector potential. But an error has been
introduced into the
dimensions attributed
to these quantities because the accepted defining relation is an
empirical
expression that is
dimensionally incomplete. Experiments show that the magnetomotive
force can be calculated by means of the expression MMF = nI, where n
is the number of turns in a coil. Since n is dimensionless, this
equation indicates that MMF has the dimensions of electric current.
The unit has therefore been taken as the ampere, dimensions s/t.
From the discrepancy between these and the correct dimensions we can
deduce that the equation MMF
= nI, from which the ampere unit is derived, is lacking a quantity
with the dimensions t2/s3
× t/s = t3/s4
.
There is enough
information available to make it evident that the missing factor
with these dimensions is the permeability, the magnetic analog of
electrical resistance. The permeability of most substances is unity,
and omitting has no effect on the numerical results of most
experimental measurements. This has led to overlooking it in such
relations as the one used in deriving the ampere unit for MMF. When
we put the permeability (symbol μ) into the empirical equation it
becomes MMF = μnI,
with the correct dimensions, t3/s4
× s/t = t2/s3.
The error in the
dimensions attributed to MMF carries over into the potential
gradient, the
magnetic field
intensity. By definition, this is the
magnetic field potential divided by distance,
t2/s3
× 1/s = t2/s4
.
But the unit in the SI
system is the ampere per meter,
the dimensions of which are s/t × 1/s = 1/t is incorrect.
In
this case, the cgs unit, the oersted, is derived from the
dimensionally correct unit of magnetic potential, and therefore has
the correct dimensions, t2/s4
.
The discrepancies in
the dimensions of MMF and magnetic field intensity are typical of
the confusion that exists in a number of magnetic areas. Much
progress has been made toward clarifying these situations in the
past few decades, both active, and sometimes acrimonious,
controversies still persist with respect to such quantities as
magnetic moment and the two vectors usually designated by the
letters B and H. In most of these cases, including those
specifically mentioned, introduction of the permeability where it is
appropriate, or removing it where it is inappropriate, is all that
is necessary to clear up the confusion and attain dimensional
validity.
Correction of the
errors in electric and magnetic theory that have been discussed in
the foregoing
paragraphs, together
with clarification of physical relations in other areas of
confusion, enables
expressing all electric
and magnetic quantities and relations in terms of space and time,
thus completing the consolidation of all of the various systems of
measurement into one comprehensive and consistent system. An
achievement of this kind is, of course, self-verifying, as the
possibility that there might be more than one consistent system of
dimensional assignments that agree with observations over the entire
field of physical activity is negligible.
But straightening out
the system of measurement is only a small part of what has been
accomplished in this development. More importantly, the
positive identification of the space-time dimensions of any physical
quantity defines the basic physical nature of that quantity.
Consequently, any hypothesis with respect to a physical process in
which this quantity participates must agree with the dimensional
definition. The effect of this constraint on theory construction is
illustrated by the findings with respect to the nature of current
electricity that were mentioned earlier. Present-day
theory views the electric current as a flow of electric charges. But
the dimensional analysis shows that charge has the dimensions t/s,
whereas the moving entity in the current flow has the dimensions of
space, s. It follows that the current
is not a flow of electric charges.
Furthermore, the identification of the space-time dimensions of the
moving entity not only tells us what the current is not, but goes on
to reveal just what it is. According to present-day theory, the
carriers of the charges, which are identified as electrons, move
through the spaces between the atoms. The finding that the moving
entities have the dimensions of space makes this kind of a flow
pattern impossible. An entity with the
dimensions of space cannot move through space, as the relation of
space to space is not motion. Such
an entity must move through the matter itself, not through the
vacant spaces. This explains why the current
is confined within the conductor, even if the conductor is bare. If
the carriers of the current were able to move forward through vacant
spaces between atoms, they should likewise be able to move laterally
through similar spaces, and escape from the conductor. But since the
current moves through the matter, the confinement is a necessary
consequence. The electric current is a movement of space through
matter, a motion that is equivalent, in all but direction, to
movement of matter through space. This is a concept that many
individuals will find hard to accept. But is should be realized that
the moving entities are not quantities of the space with which we
are familiar, extension space, we may call it. There are physical
quantities that are dimensionally equivalent to this space of our
ordinary experience, and play the same role in physical activity.
One of them, capacitance, has already been mentioned in the
preceding discussion. The moving entities are quantities of this
kind, not quantities of extension space.
Here, then, is the
explanation of the fact that the basic quantities and relations of
the electric current
phenomena are identical
with those of the mechanical system. The movement of space through
matter is essentially equivalent to the movement of matter through
space, and is described by the same mathematical expressions.
Additionally, the identification of the electric charge as a motion
explains the association between charges and certain current
phenomena that has been accepted as evidence in favor of the “moving
charge” theory of the electric current. One
observation that has had considerable influence on scientific
thought is that an electron moving in open space has the same
magnetic properties as an electric current. But we can now see that
the observed electron is not merely a charge. It is a particle with
an added motion that constitutes the charge. The carrier of the
electric current is the same particle without the charge. A charge
that is stationary in the reference system has electrostatic
properties. An uncharged electron in motion within a conductor has
magnetic properties. A charged electron moving in a conductor or in
a gravitational field has both magnetic and electrostatic
properties.
It is the motion of
physical entities with the dimensions of space that produces the
magnetic effect.
Whether or not these
entities—electrons or their equivalent—are charged is irrelevant
from this
standpoint. Another
observed phenomenon that has contributed to the acceptance of the
“moving charge” theory is the emission of charged electrons from
current-carrying conductors under certain conditions. The argument
in this instance is that if charged electrons come out of
a conductor there must
have been charged electrons in the conductor. The answer to this is
that the kind of motion which constitutes the charge is easily
imparted to a particle or atom
(as anyone who handles
one of the modern synthetic fabrics can testify), and this motion is
imparted to the electrons in the process of ejection from the
conductor. Since the uncharged particle cannot move through space,
the acquisition of a charge is one of the requirements for escape.
In addition to
providing these alternative explanations for aspects of the electric
current phenomena
that are consistent
with the “moving charge” theory, the new theory of the current
that emerges from
the scalar motion study
also accounts for a number of features of the current flow that are
difficult to reconcile with the conventional theory. But the
validity of the new theory does not rest on a summation of its
accomplishments. The conclusive point is that the identification of
the electric current as a motion of space through matter is
confirmed by agreement with the dimensions of the participating
entities, dimensions that are verified by every physical relation in
which the electric current is involved. The proof of validity can be
carried even farther. It is possible to put the whole development of
thought in this and the preceding article to a conclusive test. We
have found that mass is a three-dimensional scalar motion, and that
electric current is a one-dimensional scalar motion through a mass
by entities that have the dimensions of space. We have further found
that magnetism is a two-dimensional analog of electricity. If
these findings are valid, certain consequences necessarily follow
that are extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to explain in any
other way. The one-dimensional, oppositely directed flow of the
current through the three-dimensional scalar motion of matter
neutralizes a portion of the motion in one of the three dimensions,
and should leave an observable two-dimensional (magnetic) residue.
Similarly, movement of a two-dimensional (magnetic) entity through a
mass, or the equivalent
of such a motion,
should leave a one-dimensional (electric) residue.
In as much as these are direct and specific requirements of the
theory outlined in the foregoing paragraphs, and are not called for
by any other physical theory, their presence or absence is a
definitive test of the validity of the theory. The
observations give us an unequivocal answer. The current flow
produces a magnetic effect, and this effect is perpendicular to the
direction of the current, just as it must be if it is the residue of
a three-dimensional motion that remains after motion in the one
dimension of the current flow is neutralized.
This perpendicular
direction of the magnetic effect of the current is a total mystery
to present-day
physical science, which
has no explanation for either the origin of the effect or its
direction. But both the origin and the direction are obvious and
necessary consequences of our findings with respect to the nature of
mass and the electric current. There is no independent magnetic
particle similar to the carrier of the electric current, and no
two-dimensional motion of space through matter analogous to the
one-dimensional motion of the current is possible, but the same
effect can be produced by mechanical movement of mass through a
magnetic field, or an equivalent process. As the theory requires,
the one-dimensional residue of such motion is observed to be an
electric current. This process is electromagnetic induction. The
magnetic effect of the current is
electromagnetism.
On first consideration
it might seem that the magnitude of the electromagnetic effect is
far out of
proportion to the
amount of gravitational motion that is neutralized by the current.
However, this is a result of the large numerical constant, 3 × 1010
in cgs units (represented by the symbol
c), that applies to the space-time ratio s/t where conversion from
an n-dimensional quantity to an m-dimensional quantity takes place.
An example that, by this time is familiar to all, E=mc2,
is the conversion of mass (t3/s3)
to energy (t/s). In that process, where the relation is between a
three-dimensional quantity and a one-dimensional quantity, the
numerical factor is c2.
In the relation between the three-dimensional mass andthe
two-dimensional magnetic residue the numerical factor is c, less
than c2 but still
a very large number.
Thus, the theory of the
electric current developed in the foregoing discussion passes the
test of validity in a definite and positive manner. The results that
it requires are in full agreement with two observed physical
phenomena of a significant nature that are wholly unexplained in
present-day physical thought. Together with the positively
established validity of the corresponding system of space-time
dimensions, this test provides a verification of the entire
theoretical development described in this article, a proof that
meets the most rigid scientific standard.
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