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Re: Kennedy-Thorndyke and the Riedt Anisotropic Light Formula

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On 19.07.2015 12:28, underante wrote:
> On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 7:57:57 AM UTC+1, Peter Riedt wrote:
>> Kennedy-Thorndyke and the Riedt Anisotropic Light Formula
>>
>> The Kennedy and Thorndyke experiment used an interferometer with unequal arms (about 16cm difference) and observations were made over a long period of time to study the effect of the differences of the speed of the earth around the sun (the range is from a max of 30287m/sec to a min of 29292m/sec with an average of 29780m/sec). As with MMX the result was null which some authorities interpreted as a confirmation of contraction AND time dilation and some others as negative or inconclusive.
>>
>> My anisotropic light formula c' = c*1/sqrt(1-vv/cc) applied to an KTX interferometer predicts the following transit times:
>>
>> For a perpendicular arm of 11.16m (dper) and a parallel arm of 11m (dpar):
>> At v=30287m/sec the transit times for both arms were an equal
>> 0.000000074451506428167200000sec
>> and at v=29292m/sec the transit times for both arms were an equal
>> 0.000000074451506403613400000sec.
>>
>> For a perpendicular arm of 11m (dper) and a parallel arm of 11.16m (dpar):
>> At v=30287m/sec the transit times for both arms were an equal
>> 0.000000074451506428167200000sec
>> and at v=29292m/sec the transit times for both arms were an equal
>> 0.000000074451506403613400000sec.
>>
>> The range in the speed of the earth is not large enough to have an effect in KTX
>> and the difference in the length did not influence the outcome.
>>
>> Peter Riedt
>
> erm, where did you get this arm length of 11 m from?
> the reported path lengths used in the1932 paper are conspicuous by their absence, all they say is that the maximum (total) difference was 318 mm, and the paths were not perpendicular to each other either, the half silvered mirror being inclined at the brewster angle.
> and apart from this webpage:
> http://www.conspiracyoflight.com/Kennedy/Kennedy.html
> which gives individual path lengths of about 220 and 60 mm, i have so far been  unable to find any  more  information on that, (though i have every confidence that  someone reading this will have all the relevant facts and figures readily to hand!!)
>
> {{and by the bye, it is thorndike with an i not a y! -- but i am not entirely sure how to change that in the title to this thread))
>

https://paulba.no/paper/Kennedy_Thorndike.pdf

-- 
Paul

https://paulba.no/

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Kennedy-Thorndyke and the Riedt Anisotropic Light Formula Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-18 23:57 -0700
  Re: Kennedy-Thorndyke and the Riedt Anisotropic Light Formula Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-19 05:13 -0700
  Re: Kennedy-Thorndyke and the Riedt Anisotropic Light Formula "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2015-07-19 21:04 +0200
  Re: Kennedy-Thorndyke and the Riedt Anisotropic Light Formula Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-07-19 16:40 -0500

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