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A BRIEF HISTORY, AND ITS USES

A REPORT BY PETER GUNDUNAS



To briefly explore the, elemental understanding, history and uses of the fundamental force of electromagnetism

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Historic highlights about understanding this force of nature Some present uses Some future possibilities

 Then God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

What exactly is Electromagnetism?

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Of the four known forces in nature, the electromagnetic force is all-pervading. Being effective at subatomic distances and at astronomical distances. A proper study of electromagnetism is central to physics. The first experimenters were studying magnetic and static phenomenon. The Ancient Greeks and Chinese begin experiments with static electricity and magnetic loadstones In 1600 William Gilbert (1544-1603), an English physician, launches [the] science of magnetism with his book De Magnete. Gilbert makes the first clear distinction between magnetic and the amber effect (static electricity, as we call it).

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The early 1800s usher in the beginnings of the modern understanding of electromagnetic theories. In 1820, Andre Marie Ampere models magnets in terms of molecular electric currents. His formulation inaugurates the study of electrodynamics independent of electrostatics. 1831, Michael Faraday (1791-1867) invents the electrical transformer, discovering electromagnetic induction; invents the dynamo and introduces lines of force.

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1855, James Clerk Maxwell (18311879) establishes, among many things, the connection between the speed of propagation of an electromagnetic wave and the speed of light, and establishing the theoretical understanding of light. 1887, Hendrick A. Lorentz (1853-1928) formulates the equations for charged particles in motion.

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In the beguinning of The 20th Century, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) analyzes the phenomena of the photoelectric effect and theorizes that light may be taken to be made up of vast amounts of packets of electromagnetic radiation in discrete units. 1907, shortly before his death, Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909), reinterprets Einsteins relativity theory as a kind of geometry of spacetime, considered as a single medium.

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Einstein and Minkowskis theories open up new avenues for research and discovery.

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Practical applications of electromagnetic devices becomes easier when in 1800, Alessandro Volta (1747-1827), creates the electric battery or pile.

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In the early 1830s, Joseph Henry (1797-1878), an American, is a founding father of the Electric Age. Among his many discoveries and inventions were mutual induction, self-induction, improved and sophisticated electromagnets, the electric relay, the concept of the electric transformer, and the electric motor--which runs everything from trains to vacuum cleaners and toothbrushes.

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Henrys work in electromagnetic induction was the scientific foundation for the development of the telegraph and telephone, and thus the launching pad for the 19th-century communications revolution that forever changed human society.

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Special applications of electromagnetism are most evident in medicine. Devices such as the X-ray and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, allow Doctors to diagnose patients non-invasively. Magnetometers and Radar (radio detecting and ranging), can reveal surface and sub-surface details of geological terrain

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FUTURE POSSIBILITIES


Analysis of electromagnetic signals at very low frequencies (VLFs) may help predict earthquakes Utilizing the electrical power of Earths magnetic field Anti-gravity devices that would switch off the inertia of objects.

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Electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental forces of The Universe and the one in which the common man has the most ability to utilize through the senses of sound and light. The following was meant to be more than just a simple history and explanation of why the switch turns on the light, or the radio plays music, or exactly how the grocery list is held on the refrigerator. Keeping it brief has been the challenge.

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Maybe there is no such thing as mass-- only charge, which gives the illusion of mass when it is immersed in a quantum vacuum

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