NEW ELECTRIC THEORY

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 39, 13 April 1928, Page 16

NEW ELECTRIC THEORY

VIBRATION, NO’ FLOW. The electron theory is generally considered to be the expianation of an electiic current. She fiee electrons which every atom is considered to have are supposcd to be able to move along a conductor, the ends of which are subjected to a difference of electrical pressure, so that a "current"? would be simply a flow or movement of electrons along the cousluctor, That the theory has many limitations is recognised by «li serions-minded investigators, notably that lile charges of electricity repel and unlike charges attract one another; whilst the opposite igs true througheow; almost the whole realm of science. But because the theory fits in so well with our experiments it is usually accepted as being sufficient. In a paper read before the Wirelgss Institute of Australia (Vic. Diy.), at its last mecting, ati etitirely different theory was put forward by Hlectrical Commander Creswell, RAN,

INTERESTING SUGGESTION, Briefly, Commander Creswell’s theory is that an electric current is not a flow of electrons, but a vibratory movement of the ether medium in al! atoms of matter, and in space in which eleetrons are suspended in cliaracteristic atomic formation, just as the worlds and heavenly bodies are suspended in space. The mevement of the ether medium causes ati inevesse in the normal vibration ot the electrons within the electron, as opposed to the movement of free electrons tzom atom to atom along a conductor or conducting path. Commander Creswell has developed his theory very fully, and aprlied it to many branches of physical science, aud the theory appears to opeu up a very fascinating field for jnvesticators.