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error in thinking. The linear mode of thought arising SunMonTueWedThu Fri Sat
along with the Newtonian concept of the spectrum has 1 2 3 4 5 6
given rise to modern conceptions of the electromagnetic
spectrum. This grand spectrum is one in which all
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energies, be they light, sound, diverse electrical waves,
etc., are claimed to line up like well-trained soldiers
marching in perfect order, from zero to infinity, in 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
hierarchy of what is alleged to be their true naturetheir
vibratory rate. While there can be no doubt that the 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
electromagnetic spectrum has a specific, engineerable
reality, whose conception has provided us the many 28 29 30 31
volition-saving products of technology, we should not
jump to the conclusion that it is an all-encompassing
reality until we take all experimental considerations into
account.
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Universal Approach
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While Newton followed the analytical, scientific methods SunMonTueWedThu Fri Sat
in his path of discovery, the great poet Goethe took a 1 2 3 4 5 6
more universal approach. Rather than simply studying
light and color by shutting himself into a dark room and
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reproducing the experiments of Newton, which of course
he did very methodically to assess the results firsthand,
he chose to discern the nature of color in its full glory and 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
expression in the manifest world.
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Goethe accepted that Newtons experiment showed
scientific truths, but he was not so rash as to leap to the
same hasty conclusions. He could clearly see that Newton 28 29 30 31
was in error in his deduction of the red-orange-yellow-
blue-indigo-violet (ROYGBIV) spectrum as a primary
attribute of light alone. Goethe clearly saw that the
ROYGBIV spectrum was a manufactured product of a
specific arrangement of slit and prism, a secondary effect
of the process of color formation.
There are
many color
circles
presented by
proponents
of various
theories of
light and
color, and
these cover a
wide range
from various
Goethe felt that green was actually the lowest among the
living colors (white, black and grey being dead). As a
mixture of what he considered the two true colors, yellow
and blue, it was closest to the grey, created by mixing
black and white. He said, Green reminds us of a
molecular mixture, and he saw green as the dissolving of
light via the mixture of yellow and blue.
Skyward
Electricity
At right is an
analog
computer of
a classic
transmission Transverse Electromagnetic Transmission
line for use Line
in
determining
the characteristics of TEM waves. The power source is at
left. Magnetic distribution, as measured by a pickup coil,
is highest at left and lowest at right. Dielectric
distribution, as measured by a unique multipactor-
photomultiplier detector, is lowest at left and highest at
right. The magnetic and dielectric components are in
space opposition. Finger testing shows that the coils are
hot on the left where magnetism is highest and cool on
the right where it is lowest, and the capacitors are cool on
the left where dielectricity is lowest and warm on the
right where it is highest. This type of circuit produces
weak oscillations and has slower than light propagation
characteristics. The TEM wave can be seen as an
unnatural form of electrical propagation. We can relate
this to the concept of Newtons apple falling.
At left
we
have
an
Longitudinal Magneto-dielectric Transmission Line analog
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