XPost: sci.physics, sci.astro   
      
   In article <3ffd6187$0$6766$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com writes:   
   >In article <68RKb.53$Y4.20365@news.uchicago.edu>,   
   >   mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:   
   >>In article <3ff41fb2$0$4741$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com   
   >writes:   
   >>>In article ,   
   >>>   mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:   
   >>>>In article <3ff18394$0$4751$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com   
   >>>writes:   
      
   	...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Now, all I have to do is figure out how I caused it, figure   
   >>>>>out how to can it, then all I have to do is sell it to certain   
   >>>>>accelerator sites.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Sure, go for it.  You probably got some combination of thermal   
   >>>>expansion and swelling due to changing humidity.  Mostly the second, I   
   >>>>would guess.   
   >>>   
   >>>I thought of that but 1/2" or so?   
   >>   
   >>Yes, that's a lot.   
   >   
   >Ha.  AND the width didn't shrink so it can't be a physical   
   >phenomena.   
      
   Why not.  If the material is not isotropic, shrinkage rates can be   
   different in different directions.  However ...   
      
   >  It's got to be me fucking up unless I've truly   
   >become a magician and can change physics laws.   
      
   .. well, I didn't mention this possibility before, but most of the   
   times when dimensions appear to change, it is because somebody   
   measured wrong.   
      
   Mati Meron                      | "When you argue with a fool,   
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