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Re: NO SIGN OF ETHER DRIFT: WHY?

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From: alainverghote
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:33
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On 13 nov, 22:43, Igor <thoov...@excite.com> wrote:
> On Nov 13, 8:39 am, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On 13 Nov, 15:15, "N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)" <dl...@cox.net> wrote:
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> > > Dear Pentcho Valev:
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> > > "Pentcho Valev" <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > >http://ias.umn.edu/pdf/TimeandRelativity-Pooley.pdf
> > > > p. 11: "Problem for Lorentz's theory: no sign of ether
> > > > drift (= motion of ether with respect to earth). Many
> > > > failed attempts to detect ether drift, one of the most
> > > > famous ones by Americans Albert A. Michelson
> > > > (1852-1931) and Edward W. Morley (1838-1923).
> > > > Explanation: compensating effect: length of
> > > > interferometer arm changes as it rotates: parallel to
> > > > ether drift it is shorter than perpendicular to the ether
> > > > drift.  Contraction (deformation) hypothesis: an
> > > > object moving with a velocity v through the ether
> > > > contracts by a factor (1-v^2 c^2)^(1/2) in the
> > > > direction of motion."
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> > > > Another explanation that essentially could have
> > > > been advanced by FitzGerald, Lorentz etc. if they
> > > > had been less prejudiced in favour of the ether theory:
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> > > >http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00001743/02/Norton.pdf
> > > > John Norton: "Einstein regarded the Michelson-Morley
> > > > experiment as evidence for the principle of relativity,
> > > > whereas later writers almost universally use it as
> > > > support for the light postulate of special relativity......
> > > >THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT IS FULLY
> > > > COMPATIBLE WITH AN EMISSION THEORY OF
> > > > LIGHT THAT CONTRADICTS THE LIGHT POSTULATE."
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> > > You forgot:
> > > - the aether was dragged by the Earth, and so consequently the
> > > motion of light was conformed to the motion of the Earth.
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> > Zombie know, zombie say, zombie kill heretic, zombie become professor.
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> > Pentcho Valev
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> I wasn't aware that you were a professor.  A professor of what,
> exactly?- Masquer le texte des messages précédents -
>
> - Afficher le texte des messages précédents -

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Al1
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