Vibratory physics: the Research of John Worrell Keely's
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:31 pm
John Ernst Worrell Keely was a 19th century researcher whom developed a system now known as "vibratory physics". It is based on music theory, representing atomic structures as notes and chords in music. But what most people miss is that the "note" is a rational number... a ratio that is a subdivision of an octave (the ratio of 1:2). Larson's Reciprocal System is also based on ratios for its various atomic and subatomic structures, except Larson refers to them as "motions", not "notes", and "multi-dimensional motion" instead of "chords".
But therein lies and interesting "key" to applying Keely's ideas to the Reciprocal System in the area of the distributed scalar motions, which is what I did in the "Forces and Force Fields" topic in the main discussion forum. In connecting the two theories, it becomes apparent that Larson's theory is based on the "local" view of discrete, quantized objects, and Keely's on the "non-local" view of fields, waves and distributed motions.
There are many similarities and differences in the two systems. By taking a look at them, additional information may be obtained. For example, Larson has two scalar directions, inward and outward. But Keely has three "modes" of interaction in his vibratory system: sympathy, harmony and discordance. I used the sympathy and discord modes in new interpretation of dielectric and magnetic fields; sympathy produces outward motion and discord produces inward motion. The "harmonic" mode falls into play during the interaction of dielectric and magnetic fields, which is known in electronics as "resonance".
Dale Pond has a substantial amount of Keely's works on his site, http://www.svpvril.com/. Keely predates Larson by about 70 years, so when reading his material, one must keep in mind that it's a 19th century mindset and assumptions; not a whole lot of conventional physics was known then (which, IMHO, is a good thing, as his research did not try to force-fit into an existing framework).
I don't understand music theory well; it would be interesting to get an RS student, who is also a musician, to take a look at his theories and see what correlations can be drawn, particularly from his diagrams which detail the notes (motions) and chords (compound and interacting motions).
But therein lies and interesting "key" to applying Keely's ideas to the Reciprocal System in the area of the distributed scalar motions, which is what I did in the "Forces and Force Fields" topic in the main discussion forum. In connecting the two theories, it becomes apparent that Larson's theory is based on the "local" view of discrete, quantized objects, and Keely's on the "non-local" view of fields, waves and distributed motions.
There are many similarities and differences in the two systems. By taking a look at them, additional information may be obtained. For example, Larson has two scalar directions, inward and outward. But Keely has three "modes" of interaction in his vibratory system: sympathy, harmony and discordance. I used the sympathy and discord modes in new interpretation of dielectric and magnetic fields; sympathy produces outward motion and discord produces inward motion. The "harmonic" mode falls into play during the interaction of dielectric and magnetic fields, which is known in electronics as "resonance".
Dale Pond has a substantial amount of Keely's works on his site, http://www.svpvril.com/. Keely predates Larson by about 70 years, so when reading his material, one must keep in mind that it's a 19th century mindset and assumptions; not a whole lot of conventional physics was known then (which, IMHO, is a good thing, as his research did not try to force-fit into an existing framework).
I don't understand music theory well; it would be interesting to get an RS student, who is also a musician, to take a look at his theories and see what correlations can be drawn, particularly from his diagrams which detail the notes (motions) and chords (compound and interacting motions).