Re: [Phys-l] History of Current Flow

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

I haven't bothered to read completely, but ...


http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/woppos.html

bc, googler

p.s. I have a book devoted to the history of electricity from ancient 
times to about 1850, but it is a box under a table surrounded by much, 
so ....


R. McDermott wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Abineri" <dabineri@fuse.net>
> To: <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:10 PM
> Subject: [Phys-l] History of Current Flow
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> > I have always presumed that the issue of conventional current flow came
> > about because of lack of known details about atomic structure during the
> > early days of electricity, which may be a poor assumption on my part.
> >    
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> My understanding is that Benjamin Franklin conceived of one kind of charge, 
> so there were three possible states: an excess of that charge (+), a normal 
> amount of charge, or a deficiency of charge (-).  Charge would naturally 
> flow from a place of excess (+) to a place of deficency (-).  I can't swear 
> to the truth of that, but it makes sense. 
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