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by Robert J. Johnson, Oxford, UK

The Beckmann model is considered in relation to both the Electric Universe perspective of a charged Earth and to the actual non-null results of the various Michelson-Morley-type experiments. It is demonstrated that the Beckmann model is consistent with both concepts. Furthermore, application of the Beckmann model to an orbiting charged Earth offers support to the interpretation of the non-null Michelson-Morley results as evidence not of an ‘ether wind’ but rather of an electromagnetically-induced directionally-dependent anisotropy of the speed of light. This hypothesis offers a new direction for research and possible re-analysis of existing data. 

1. Introduction
The original Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887 failed to detect an ether wind of the expected magnitude; the presumption of a null result led to the development of the Fitzgerald-Lorentz Transformation and Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, based on the postulate that the speed of light is constant with respect to the observer. The presumed null result also implies that the speed of light is isotropic, i.e. the same in all directions. However, the original Michelson-Morley experiment and the overwhelming majority of subsequent experiments of the same type have actually produced non-null results.

In 1987, Petr Beckmann offered an alternative to the observer based frame of reference, suggesting that the speed of light is relative to the local dominant field. Because Beckmann assumed the Earth to be uncharged he argued that the relevant frame of reference for Earth-based experiments is the Earth’s gravitational field. Beckmann also assumed that the Michelson-Morley experiments produced null results.

Proponents of the Electric Universe argue that the Earth is charged and that it orbits within the Sun’s electromagnetic field. The question naturally arises, how would the Beckmann model relate to a charged Earth and the non-null Michelson-Morley results?

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