Talk:George Johnstone Stoney
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[edit] Stoney scale
I've presented Stoney quantities here simply as mathematical constructs. They have no significance for scientific theory, whereas Planck quantities conventionally do have physical significance. I don't see any other way to address the issue since there is almost no scientific literature dedicated to the Stoney scale and its physical significance, excepting of course Weyl's failed theory.Lucretius 05:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Inconsistencies on electron history
Wikipedia says in article on J. J. Thomson that Johnstone Stoney proposed the word "electron" in 1894 and Thomson announced his results in 1897. But in the article on Johnstone Stoney says the name came in 1891 and Thomson discovered the particle in 1905. Something is very uncoordinated here. -LEA
- I fixed this according to physics historian Max Jammer's 1957 book Concepts of Force. The correct date is 1874. Later: --Sadi Carnot 17:31, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
