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I can find nothing in Maxwells papers or in the thoughts of Poincare that cancel the notion of Le Sage. Moreover it appears that rather than settle any argument with Le Sage his ideas were passed over rather than discredited. From what I can determine it seems more a change in fashion rather than any theory put forward by Maxwell or Poincaire that saw Le Sage's approach put down.
So now I hunt for the reason's why Le Sage's idea seemed to lose favour or not be continued with.
I can not find Maxwell addressed the matter in any manner that could be said to place Le Sage's idea in disrepute.
The only manner I can find that throws any discredit upon Le Sage is that finally Poincair was perhaps the first to lay the foundations for Lorenz who seemed to have laid the foundations for Dr A ... however so far to me it appears it was more a case of some went down the path of pure theory without considering the mechanical approach of Le Sage.
And if one takes the time to read Prof Maxwell's views on the way he viewed the matters upon which he drew his formulas one may get a different view of his grasp of the fundamentals... but notwithstanding his view of the fundamentals his formulas prove correct.
Still I find nothing in anything that I have read that one could point to and say Maxwell raised an issue that destroyed the notion of Le Sage and I can not point to any matter the Poincair offered other than he laid the ground work for what was to become the General Theory of Relativity... but from what I have read they simply did not deal with the matters raised from Le Sages approach.
If anyone can point me to the specific point where Le Sages idea ( and hence mine) was dealt a death blow I would love to read that text specifically.. but I can not find it so far.
Without knowing what Maxwell or Poincair said in specific rebuttal to Le Sage I can not consider the merit of what may sink my idea.
But jeeze this is interesting stuff... One should read Maxwell rather than just except his formulas..very interesting if not unusual approach as to his basis premise. So difficult to read in one sitting I really wonder who did read it.
alex
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