fshortt wrote:Hey
thanks for the input Bruce. Came across this paper, quite interesting read. any thoughts?
the 40 laws of vibration
http://www.textfiles.com/bbs/KEELYNET/KEELY/40laws.asc
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Hi, Frank,
I just looked over it quickly. My first impression is that the somewhat archaic style of the writing makes it difficult to understand.
Beyond that, I'm skeptical. E.g.,
"4. Law of Harmonic Vibrations:
All coherent aggregates are perpetually vibrating at a period-
frequency corresponding to some harmonic ratio of the fundamental pitch
of the vibrating body; this pitch is a multiple of the pitch of the
atomole."
Assuming that he's talking about things on a macroscopic level, I think he's wrong. In terms of sound, think of any material surface that carries vibrations. The text implies that sounds from the surface will occur only at resonance frequencies. That's clearly not true.
Fullblown development of quantum physics occurred after the text was written. On a subatomic level, there's some analogy to the above-quoted "Law 4" -- energetic levels of particles are quantized rather than existing on a continuous scale -- but the quantized energy levels often aren't harmonic ratios of the "fundamental pitch."
Then there are some assertions which I don't understand. E.g.,
"33. Law of Chemical Morphology:
The angle of crystallization is determined by the relation between
the molecular pitch of the crystallizing substance to the vibration-
density of the liquid depositing it."
If anyone can explain that for me, please do so. Thanks.
And then there are things like this:
"AETHER:
is an atomolic liquid 986,000 times the density of steel."
???
Bruce