Phil, "At the instant you initiate the drop we will all notice the state of weightlessness".. if you notice any change then you just detected the change in acceleration !?...That state would be demonstrated by a scale and or drift that takes place without ref anything outside...so what is your point?..you admit..quote " and the ounce of mass will show no weight on the spring scale, there is no way of us determining any change of velocity,"Phil the change was only from 0 to the inital velocity you have agread that inertia and a acceleration are detecatable changes wrt motion...ok...you were haning ..no moiton ..........then i droped you........... the notice of weightlessnes and scale shows no weight....you just showed a detectable change in velocity wrt magnitude or direction....Phil, that is a acceleration by defintion without referenceing anything out side of the craft....???....You just made my case??? further if any other changes are introduced in your acceleration rate thoes two will be detectable...???? The same holds true for a satilite in orbit you say "free fall"..well any change in velocity of that orbit will e detected even if the change is due to the moons/stars gravitaional fields..in fact that is why they say stailites dirft but they most certanly do detect it and the cause of the accelerations is gravity!? your postion and MS's is a self contridictory......... The orbit of the earth is not a constent acceleration it constantly changes wrt all thoes other inertial/ grav feilds... ----- Original Message ---- From: philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 3:20:20 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: acceleration calcs attachment If I blind folded and suspend you magnetically in a closed metal elevator from a high tower turn off the electricity to the magnet suspending you....I wonder if you or a scale will notice anything even before you hit the ground ..ummmm. .Remember you and the elevator and all in it are only "accelerated by gravity" and "equally to all parts".... Allen A good question Allen, that may give me a chance to get through to you. No need for a blindfold.. we is in a sealed tin box. Let me hold a spring balance holding say 30 grms of mass. reading about 1 ounce on the scale. At the instant you initiate the drop we will all notice the state of weightlessness.. This is instantaneous at zero velocity, before anything falls. (no acelleration) At the same instant making alowance for the time delay for the spring to act, the spring balance will return to zero, registering zero weight on the scale for the duration. At the same instant plus a microsecond or so both I and the floor will remain in contact, and remain so for the duration. (no jumping or muscular reactions allowed) For the duration of the fall from that instant, though we may know we are weightless and the ounce of mass will show no weight on the spring scale, there is no way of us determining any change of velocity, whether it be constant or accelerating at 32ft. sec. sec. Try it allen! Philip.