Epsilon=One
07-29-2005, 03:07 AM
Professor Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S. (1842-1912) was a British engineer after whom the fluid dynamics Reynolds number was named. He considered his monograph, "The Submechanics of the Universe", (1, henceforth "SMU") published in 1903, to be his greatest achievement. It advances a theory of a structured, mechanical medium which accounts for all known physical phenomena.
My analysis of it shows that it is compatible with relativity, quantum theory and elementary particle theory. Although Reynolds' theory is all but forgotten today, similar theories are being proposed by some modern theoretical physicists. Reynolds' theory provides a basis for long-range order which eludes today's theorists.
Current theory pictures empty space with independent particles zooming around in it. These particles interact via photons and fields. Reynolds' theory pictures a structured, quasi-crystalline medium, in which elementary particles exist as dislocations. The particles interact via vibrations and stresses in the medium. Reynolds' medium is a universal matrix within which all things exist. It is analogous to the East's "unseen ground of existence". In place of independence and chaos, Reynolds' theory provides dependency and order.
There are some interesting concepts within this particular structured time theory when it is considered that Reynolds was not aware of current experimental observation.
One most wonder how this theory would have evolved in 100 years if it were not for the intrusion of SR, GR, QM, the ludicrous Big Bang, black holes, etc.
Reynold's seems to have made the mistake of not realizing the medium is the particles.
See Pulsoid Theory (http://www.physicsmathforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63); wherein, Pulsoids (http://www.physicsmathforums.com/showthread.php?t=98), the medium, manifests as "space," "fields," radiant energy, and particles.
My analysis of it shows that it is compatible with relativity, quantum theory and elementary particle theory. Although Reynolds' theory is all but forgotten today, similar theories are being proposed by some modern theoretical physicists. Reynolds' theory provides a basis for long-range order which eludes today's theorists.
Current theory pictures empty space with independent particles zooming around in it. These particles interact via photons and fields. Reynolds' theory pictures a structured, quasi-crystalline medium, in which elementary particles exist as dislocations. The particles interact via vibrations and stresses in the medium. Reynolds' medium is a universal matrix within which all things exist. It is analogous to the East's "unseen ground of existence". In place of independence and chaos, Reynolds' theory provides dependency and order.
There are some interesting concepts within this particular structured time theory when it is considered that Reynolds was not aware of current experimental observation.
One most wonder how this theory would have evolved in 100 years if it were not for the intrusion of SR, GR, QM, the ludicrous Big Bang, black holes, etc.
Reynold's seems to have made the mistake of not realizing the medium is the particles.
See Pulsoid Theory (http://www.physicsmathforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63); wherein, Pulsoids (http://www.physicsmathforums.com/showthread.php?t=98), the medium, manifests as "space," "fields," radiant energy, and particles.