Re: Cosmology

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

At 11:34 AM 6/21/2004, Jack,  you wrote:

> > > > Planck's remained a lonely voice until a patent clerk illuminated
> > > > a clean copper sheet with light of various intensities and
> > > > frequencies and used the same fudge factor to fit the
> > > > response curve.  This did snag a Nobel. What year was that?
> > > >   Can't recall.    [Brian]
> >
> > >         Not exactly (see Richtmeyer & Kinnard,Ch. III).  Herts reported
> > >the effect in 1887.    [Jack]
>
> > 1887. This was when Hertz reported that UV emission from
> >   his spark transmitter facilitated sparks in his spark gap
> > detector.   [Brian]
>
> Pure obfuscation.  This responds to the "Clerk illuminated..."  The clerk
> explained the effect, he didn't report it.  [Jack]


Your style is a little telegraphic at this point, Jack.
Who is being obfuscating? Hertz, me, you?

I THINK you may be saying that Einstein did not in fact observe an
illuminated copper plate. Is that it?


Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!