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TK Wilson
Hi all
I'm new to this forum, and this is my first post. I have a question related to a claim by Ralph Rene, and his 'disproof' of Coulomb's law.
Rene was a prominent moon hoax believer and called himself the 'Last Sceptic of Science'. Amongst his claims were his reduction of relativity to an absurdity, his disproof of Newton's law of Gravitation and his disproof of Archimedes principle.
To prove Coulomb's law wrong, Rene conducted an experiment. He designed a two leaf electroscope whereby each leaf could be charged to different potentials separately. I'm not sure how he confirmed the charge or potential of each leaf, or how he ensured he had no leakage, but let's assume he accurately knew the potential and charge.
Rene charged each leaf to an equal potential, say +V. As expected, he found the leaves repelled (these are his claims not mine). He then lowered the potential of one of the leaves to +v, i.e. the same polarity, but a lower potential. (again his claims and words). He found the plates attracted. Rene claims that in these circumstances like charges attract and Coulomb's law needs to be revised. I think I know the answer to this question, but like any good enquiring scientist, I'll ask my peers first.
Why did the plates attract?
It would be really great to have a discussion on this first, and the moved into the mathematics after a consensus can be agreed.
Thanks guys...
TK
I'm new to this forum, and this is my first post. I have a question related to a claim by Ralph Rene, and his 'disproof' of Coulomb's law.
Rene was a prominent moon hoax believer and called himself the 'Last Sceptic of Science'. Amongst his claims were his reduction of relativity to an absurdity, his disproof of Newton's law of Gravitation and his disproof of Archimedes principle.
To prove Coulomb's law wrong, Rene conducted an experiment. He designed a two leaf electroscope whereby each leaf could be charged to different potentials separately. I'm not sure how he confirmed the charge or potential of each leaf, or how he ensured he had no leakage, but let's assume he accurately knew the potential and charge.
Rene charged each leaf to an equal potential, say +V. As expected, he found the leaves repelled (these are his claims not mine). He then lowered the potential of one of the leaves to +v, i.e. the same polarity, but a lower potential. (again his claims and words). He found the plates attracted. Rene claims that in these circumstances like charges attract and Coulomb's law needs to be revised. I think I know the answer to this question, but like any good enquiring scientist, I'll ask my peers first.
Why did the plates attract?
It would be really great to have a discussion on this first, and the moved into the mathematics after a consensus can be agreed.
Thanks guys...
TK