[geocentrism] Re: gravity fills my quiver
- From: "Jack Lewis" <jandj.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:02:34 +0100
Dear Philip,
I thought of similar scenario. I you dig a Channel tunnel from England to
France and stand at one end so that you could see a pin-point of light at
the other end, then a ball would roll down, overshoot the middle and then
roll back again until it eventually came to rest exactly in the middle. As
in the railway track, it may be perfectly flat, but a spirit level would
show that both ends sloped to wards the middle. Interesting.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip" <joyphil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 2:51 AM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: gravity fills my quiver
> Twist is right... N-S or E-W not much difference. But a perfectly flat
> track , a straight line, would not be level. It would rise from the middle
> to each end. The carriage would roll from the ends to the middle point.
>
> Picture a tangental line to a circle.... A level line would follow the
> curvature of the earth...and wouldn't be straight LOL
>
> Philip.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary L. Shelton" <GaryLShelton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:45 AM
> Subject: [geocentrism] Re: gravity fills my quiver
>
>
> Philip, I would expect it to not depend on the north/south direction of
the
> track at all, but rather the simple inclination of the track under the
rail
> car at the end. Assuming a perfectly flat track, the train should not
move
> at all. But I'm feeling a twist coming....
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip" <joyphil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 5:11 PM
> Subject: [geocentrism] Re: gravity fills my quiver
>
>
> > Talking about Gravity, Gary, here is a puzzle for you that tricks many
> > people.
> >
> > Suppose you built a perfectly straight, railway track two miles long in
a
> > north South direction. Perfectly straight line. You then placed a rail
car
> > at one end. Where would it end up?
> >
> > Philip.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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