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Goger your interpretation of my seemingly inarticulate communication.
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Brian Whatcott wrote:
> 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!