Talk:George Johnstone Stoney

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)

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)


 * Stoney first used the term electron in 1891 in his paper in the Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, vol. IV, on page 583. StarryGrandma (talk) 03:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

reverting edits by 123.255.63.50
I'm reverting recent edits by 123.255.63.50, including nonsense like this (italics mine):
 * There are two reasons why Stoney units are no more than mathematical constructs. One is that even now, G is known to no more than about 1 part in 7000. The other is that the state of technology places a practical lower limit to how small a length can be measured. If the Stoney length is the minimum length, then either a body's electromagnetic radius or its half gravitational radius is a physical impossibility, since one of these must be smaller than the Stoney length. If the Planck length is the minimum length, then either a body's reduced Compton wavelength or its half gravitational radius is a physical impossibility, since one of these must be smaller than the Planck length. Hence neither the Stoney length nor the Planck length can be "the" minimum length.

The first sentence is nonsense - all units are just mathematical constructs (Nature doesn't have units). The last sentence is a non-sequitur and it does not reflect mainstream opinion, according to which there is a minimum length enforced by nature - the favoured candidate is the Planck length. Lucretius (talk) 22:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Spelling Errors
I found some spellings errors, so I hope u don't mind that I took the liberty of changing them! I noticed them as I was reading over the article, an they distracted me from the meaning. Besides we should all try to make sure Wikipedia articles always have correct grammar and spelling :3

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Anglo-Irish
It is not a nationality, it is a class, see the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ireland#Anglo_Irish. Sheodred (talk) 11:26, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Maternal Grandfather of Alan Turing
This according to Hodges Turing bio. Probably worth mentioning in article?--Jrm2007 (talk) 15:23, 9 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Actually, misremembered: Grandfather's second cousin. Not a close relative at all but one that Turing's mother admired nonetheless.--Jrm2007 (talk) 14:32, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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