Re: [Phys-l] induced electric field

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Let me throw in another snippet that has not been mentioned in the 
current melee:

A (slowly) increasing magnetic field gives rise to an electromagnetic 
field, in the nature of things, that radiates at the speed of light  - 
we call them radio waves.

Brian W

Jack Uretsky wrote:
> Hi all-
>  	I don't know enough about the old aether analogy, but mebbe that 
> makes thing easier to think about.  The point is that curl -> vorticity, 
> and in the fluid analogy, vorticity keeps the medium from increasing its 
> velocity uniformly.  This has to work out, because Maxwell's equations 
> were consistent with the old idea of the aether as a fluid.
>  							Regards,
>  								Jack