James Maxwell was able to show that the speed of light could be calculated using the electric constant and magnetic constant in the following way.
I have found no easy way to use these symbols for the constants in a blog except as bitmaps, which is very cumbersome; therefore, in the next paragraph, ec becomes the electric constant and mc the magnetic constant.
Maxwell came to these conclusions:
1. Energy density of the electric field = ½ ec E^2,where ec is the electric constant with a value of 8.854 x 10^-12 F/m, and E is the electric field, which is a vector force. The value of this constant was determined in the laboratory by experimentation. This made it possible for Maxwell to calculate the velocity of light.
2. Energy density of the magnetic field = ½ B^2/mc, where mc is the magnetic constant with a value of 4pi x 10^-7 H/m, and B is the magnetic field, which is a vector force. The magnetic constant is a value derived to satisfy the requirements of the energy of the magnetic field.
The energy density of the electric field = energy density of the magnetic field. Thus: ½ ec E^2 = ½ B^2/mc
Because the energy density of the electric field and magnetic field are equal, we can combine the two equations and show the following relationship:
This shows very clearly why the ratio of the electric field and magnetic field equals the velocity of light. This is only possible if the fields, which are composed of elastic strings, are somehow intimately and directly responsible for the velocity of light. We will continue with this discussion in the next blog. Till then be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
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