Re: EPSILON_ZERO, OK ?

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM>]

> At 9:14 AM -0600 3/2/00, Jack Uretsky wrote:
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>
> >          F = K*Q1*Q2/r^2  puts electricity, magnetism and gravity on the
> > same footing.  K is Newton's G for gravity, K_e for electricity, K_m for
> > magnetism.  The "charge" of gravity is mass, coulomb for electricity, and
> > coulomb (hidden from view) for magnetism.  The magnetic coulomb may be
> > like the color charges of QCD, hidden from public view.
> >          I do not apologize to all who have seen this before.
> >                                  Regards,
> >                                          Jack

And chuck Britton asked:

>         and where do we find these magnetic monopoles which follow this law?

It seems to me that the law of Biot-Savart may satisfy Jack's
criterion for magnetism, with currents playing the role of the
"magnetic monopoles" and the K_m being taken to be mu_o/4*pi is SI
units. More fodder for Ludwik's grist.

Hugh
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