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, 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. > > Michel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen A. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vortex" <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:40 AM > Subject: [Vo]: Speed of light confirmed > > >> OK, I admit it, this is pretty boring. But you folks are the only >> people I can think of who might possibly respond to this with something >> other than a glazed look and the question, "You did what? Uh ... why?" >> >> The answer, of course, is "just cause I wanted to see for myself". >> >> Basement measurement of the speed of an EM wave (sorry, it's not really >> _light_, just a wave in a wire): >> >> http://www.physicsinsights.org/speed_of_light_1.html >> >> Home office measurement of the speed of sound: >> >> http://www.physicsinsights.org/speed_of_sound_1.html >> >
