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A physicist writes about optics, the history of physics, and old papers, covering topics like Faraday, Fizeau, and polar bear fur.
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rramadass · 2026-03-15
Faraday actually did some experiments to try and show that Electricity and Gravity were related and in 1851 published On the possible relation of Gravity to Electricity in "Philosophical Transactions" of the Royal Society!
This article gives the details; Michael Faraday, grand unified theorist? (1851) - https://skullsinthestars.com/2009/03/06/michael-faraday-grand-unified-…
kordlessagain · 2023-04-22
That would imply there could be devices that can create thrust with electricity. Faraday ran experiments to try to test this…in the 1800s.
https://skullsinthestars.com/2009/03/06/michael-faraday-grand-unified-…