Velocity of electricity On 22 August several paragraphs regarding the velocity of electricity were inserted I m taking them out because they have no bearing on the life of Charles Wheatstone They discuss events which occurred after Wheatstone s death Moreover these paragraphs amount to defense of a distinctly unconventional theory of electrodynamics Several items in these paragraphs are either meaningless or flat wrong according to the generally accepted laws of physics So that s another reason to take them out