Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    sci.physics.research    |    Current physics research. (Moderated)    |    17,516 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 17,355 of 17,516    |
|    Luigi Fortunati to All    |
|    Re: Free fall    |
|    30 Jan 24 08:27:37    |
      From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com              Tom Roberts il 27/01/2024 09:23:06 ha scritto:       >> No one can deny that, in the most remote space far from all gravity, a       metal elevator falling towards an electromagnet is in "free fall".       >       > Not true: every physicist would deny that, because the electromagnet       > exerts an electromagnetic force on the elevator, making it NOT be       > in freefall.              Gravity also exerts a force on the elevator.              Force is electromagnetic and force is gravitational.              Luigi Fortunati              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca