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Article: <5b8sdg$hdd@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com>
From: saquo@ix.netcom.com(Nancy )
Subject: Re: GRAVITY - the Zetas Explain
Date: 11 Jan 1997 20:15:44 GMT
In article <32d719ba.1528256@news.adnc.com>Guy Williams
states:
> I remember hearing of an experiment with two steel balls.
> One was spun at 27,000 rpm and was dropped at a height equal
> to the non-spinning ball. The spinning ball dropped faster.
> Could you tell me why?
> purusha@adnc.com (Guy Williams)
(Begin ZetaTalk[TM])
Indeed, as the spinning ball went with the flow, as you say, in
line with strong elements in the Earth's core, which are moving,
and all the little side eddies that occur in more liquid parts of
the core. An experiment with the spinning ball running contrary
to the normal spin direction for that part of the globe would
have had opposite results, with the spinning balls dropping
slower. The ball that fell straight was dealing with MORE that
the tug of gravity, it was dealing with the tug of a spin,
wanting to begin. It was listening to two voices, being pulled
sideways as well as down. It would seem that such a small thing
as temporarily lining up with the slow motion of the Earth's core
would not give the spinning ball that much advantage, but the
advantage is cumulative. Here we are again, about to use that
dreaded term - cumulative drag. The spinning ball has LESS
cumulative drag to overcome before it goes with the flow.
(End ZetaTalk[TM])