Re: On Arindam Banerjee's recoil-less rail gun and Newton's 3rd Law violations in electrodynamics

Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 4/27/2024 5:50 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:

bertietaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
 

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That is not the case, so this is a new discovery - the Lorentz force does
NOT have an equal and opposite reaction. Your point is merely theoretical.
My evidence is experimental.

 
Correct, merely experimental.
It stands falsified by a reliable theory.
 
FYI, the Maxwell-Lorentz equations as they stand
do conserve energy-momentum.
If you want to be taken seriously it is up to you
to tell the world what is wrong with Maxwell-Lorentz,
and how these equations must be modified.
 
As long as you can't do that you are merely an incompetent tinkerer,
 

 
It is entirely possible that Banjo stumbled across that apparent
violation of momentum by momentum being carried away by the
electromagnetic field.

If the momentum is carried away by the electromagnetic fiel
there is still momentum conservation.
And photon drive really isn't a new idea.
However, it suffers from the unpleasant fact
that  c = 300 megawatt/newton, in slightly unconventional units.

But we will never know since he refuses to
produce a writeup in sufficient detail for someone to reproduce his
experiment, instead writing "Watch my videos!!!".

There is of course no momentum violation at all.
Whatever seems to be missing must be taken up by the sources of the
fields. (and of course I don't watch videos)

Add his stubbornness that he insists this is something new that violates
Newton/Einstein/Maxwell rather than a known existing behavior, you do get
the incompetent tinkerer.

Or the faker who thinks he is being clever.
There is no lack of videos showing really rotating unbalanced wheels,
rotating wheels with water bottles, and so on.

The one I like best are the 3D reproductions of Escher's waterfal,
with really flowing water.

Jan