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   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   
      
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