The explanation is that the magnetic flux is allways stationary in the aether (ie flux cant go sideways)(but can propagate straight ahead at say c kmps)(or more likely say 5c kmps). It might be difficult to measure the emf in both cases, the emf wont necessarily be tween axle & rim, but there will be an emf in one direction somewhere on the disc (& one direction of course means two directions). The answer is again yes there would be an emf. I came across this variation of the Faraday Paradox.Ĭarrz asks whether a non-rotating Faraday disc (& magnet) would produce an emf if on a mooving train. To date, no experiment has been found either to confirm or disprove the axially rotating flux line hypothesis, reference (2). The problem has been re-stated by other workers who would attempt to determine whether flux lines rotate with, or are spatially independent of the axially rotating magnet.

It took until 1978 when DePalma, reference (1), did the critical experiment to determine if the form of electrical induction was the same as the flux cutting originally proposed by Faraday. Here is some wordage from the article in the link.Īlthough Faraday never adduced an experiment to prove the cutting of flux linkages in the axially rotating magnet experiment, he was troubled to his last days about his interpretation of his experiment. Re photaenos, they propagate forwards, ie straight ahead (like photons)(not sideways) throo the aether.īut if the spinning magnet is mooving along throo the aether then the photaeno field might be in effect attached to the magnet somewhere for an instant (but this is unlikely)(the spin would need to be at 500 kmps). A load in the nearfield would feed back some kind of drag effect to the spinning magnet via the photaenos.

I reckon that the magnetic field is due to photaenos. The load would be a say a resistance to an electric current induced in a circuit in the nearfield (my wording might be bad here). They aint if a load is introduced in the nearfield. Re being spatially independent of the rotating magnet, yes they are, & no they aint. I am presently looking into whether flux lines rotate with a rotating magnet.

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