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Ivor Catt And Displacement Current

Dec 20, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerUncategorized10 Comments

Introduction In an article published in Wireless World, December 1978, Ivor Catt published a criticism of the Maxwell displacement current that provoked considerable controversy. This article had a significant impact on my thinking as I had always had reservations regarding the displacement current concept in electromagnetic theory. In fact, the idea of displacement current that […]

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The Wakefield Experiments Background and Motivation

Dec 12, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerElectricity3 Comments

Introduction This essay discusses the background for the Wakefield Experiments. This refers to two sets of experiments performed by Tony Wakefield an Australian amateur radio operator, or ham, who performed these experiments for Ivor Catt. The objective of these experiments was to verify the predictions made by Ivor Catt based upon his Theory C. This […]

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The Catt Anomaly Confusion

Dec 10, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerUncategorized1 Comment

  Introduction In two different papers written as responses to the Catt Question, two Italian physicists have interpreted the Catt Question as an anomaly or paradox. The response of Ivor Catt to this assertion is simply that the Catt Question is “just a question”. This may seem an unimportant point, but in their paper the […]

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On An Apparent Resolution of the Catt Question

Dec 8, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerUncategorized1 Comment

Here I publish a link to a paper submitted by Stephen Crothers to IOP Physics Education Journal On an Apparent Resolution of the Catt Question. The editor replied with the following: “We regret to inform you that the Board Member has recommended that your article should not be published in the journal, for the reasons […]

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The Catt Question Background

Dec 2, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerUncategorized0 Comment

Introduction Many people have difficulty in understanding the Catt Question. This is understandable given the inconsistency and confusion that is produced by the current definition of electricity. (Here is the original formulation of the question.) It will probably come as a surprise to the reader that there is no clear and precise definition of electricity. […]

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Catt Question Letter

Nov 21, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerNews3 Comments

The following letter was prepared by Harry Ricker as a courtesy to Ivor Catt who wished to send a letter to the editor of the IOP Journal Physics Education in order to refute the claims made in a paper published in that journal. The letter was cosigned by five other scientists. This letter was rejected […]

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Foreground Milky Way Dust Filaments In Galaxy Photographs

Aug 28, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerUncategorized2 Comments

Introduction This report documents a study of Milky Way dust filaments that appear in photographs of external galaxies. The technique used in this investigation is the use of software photograph processing tools called effects filters. The software used here is the On One Photo Perfect Effects 9. This allows the adjustment of digital photos to […]

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Cobwebs Of Space: Discovery and Interpretation Of Interstellar Dust Filaments

Aug 5, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerUncategorized5 Comments

Introduction The search for the elusive dark matter is famous. Here I will discuss the discovery of a different kind of dark matter in interstellar space, which I call cobwebs of space. This dark matter is just as elusive as the more famous, but probably fictitious, dark matter. The appearance of this dark matter, which […]

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Special Relativity Is Irksome

Jul 9, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerRelativity5 Comments

1.0 Introduction This paper defines a new way to assess the scientific value of Einstein’s special theory of relativity by defining a concept called irksomeness. This follows by converting the adjective irksome, meaning vexatious or troublesome, into a noun. We will call a theory irksome by the following definition: An irksome theory is one in […]

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Galileo Was Wrong, A Scientific Documentary On Geocentrism

Jun 18, 2015Harry Hamlin RickerCosmology Astronomy, Film, History Of Science, Natural Philosophy, Relativity, Review, Special Relativity4 Comments

Galileo Was Wrong, A Scientific Documentary On Geocentrism produced by CAI Publishing INC., is a science documentary that is different from the usual science that we are supposed to believe in. It is an astonishingly good science documentary film for many different reasons. This film is so good and has such a high positive educational […]

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