Re: [Vo]: Re: Speed of light confirmed

2007-02-08 Thread Harry Veeder
Could you use this method to test special relativity? i.e. to see if the speed of the em wave in the wire independent of the wire's motion. Harry Michel Jullian wrote: Well done Stephen! To make the measurement truly accessible to all, the next step would be to eliminate the digital scope,

Re: [Vo]: Re: Speed of light confirmed

2007-02-08 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Harry Veeder wrote: Could you use this method to test special relativity? i.e. to see if the speed of the em wave in the wire independent of the wire's motion. I wish! Trouble is, to get a readable result you need to move the wire really, really fast, and I don't see any way to do that.

Re: [Vo]: Re: Speed of light confirmed

2007-02-08 Thread Harry Veeder
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Could you use this method to test special relativity? i.e. to see if the speed of the em wave in the wire independent of the wire's motion. I wish! Trouble is, to get a readable result you need to move the wire really, really fast, and I

Re: [Vo]: Re: Speed of light confirmed

2007-02-08 Thread Harry Veeder
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Could you use this method to test special relativity? i.e. to see if the speed of the em wave in the wire independent of the wire's motion. I wish! Trouble is, to get a readable result you need to move the wire really, really fast, and I

Re: [Vo]: Re: Speed of light confirmed

2007-02-08 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Could you use this method to test special relativity? i.e. to see if the speed of the em wave in the wire independent of the wire's motion. I wish! Trouble is, to get a readable result you need to move the wire really,

Re: [Vo]: Re: Speed of light confirmed

2007-02-08 Thread Harry Veeder
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Harry Veeder wrote: Could you use this method to test special relativity? i.e. to see if the speed of the em wave in the wire independent of the wire's motion. I wish! Trouble is, to get a readable result

[Vo]: Re: Speed of light confirmed

2007-02-07 Thread Michel Jullian
Well done Stephen! To make the measurement truly accessible to all, the next step would be to eliminate the digital scope, replacing it with a handful of inexpensive digital components. One could use a fast clocked counter IC started by the near end signal and stopped by the far end one.