The Unification of Gravity with Electromagnetism in the Classical Newtonian Region, with an Explanation of the Crookes Radiometer, and a Model for “Dark Matter”
Maxwell wrote that he wanted to “leaven” his Treatise on Electromagnetism with Quaternions. Maxwell died before doing this. Silberstein and Conway accomplished this partially. This presentation claims the Lorenz condition field is proportional to the gravitational potential. This results in a gravitic-electromagnetic unification in the classical Newtonian region. An explanation of the Crookes radiometer is given and a model for dark matter is presented.
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