B.newton's theory explained electrical attraction at a distance.what kind of electrical phenomena at a distance did it fail to explain?how does the modern explanation you started in part (A) account for this second kind of action at a distance. ADD DETAILS:TO EXPLAIN THE ATTRACTION WHICH A RUBBED ROD OF AMBER EXERTED ON SMALL OBJECTS WHICH WERE SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM IT,ISAAC NEWTON SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS AN INVISIBLE SUBSTANCE IN THE AMBER WHICH HE CALLED AN ''ELECTRICAL SPIRIT''.WHEN THE ROD WAS RUBBED,THIS ELECTRICAL SPIRIT WAS DISTURBED AND STRETCHED OUT INTO THE AREA AROUND THE ROD.WHEN THE ELECTICAL SPIRIT CONTRACTED AGAIN,IT PULLED WITH IT ANY SMALL OBJECTS THAT HAPPENED TO BE IN ITS PATH.PLEASE ANSWER: A&B
2006-08-27
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