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Re: The constancy of light

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: The constancy of light
Date	2017-02-09 12:45 +1100
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On 9/02/2017 6:24 AM, numbernumber1964@gmail.com wrote:
> Fizeau (1849) uses a rotating cogwheel to form a series of light
> pulses to measure the velocity of light but to measure the velocity
> of light requires the time a single light pulse propagates a specific
> distance but a single pulse cannot be produced by Fizeau cogwheel.
> Also, about the last statement regarding Huygens velocity of
> light------think about it and it should be diametrically obvious.
>

Fizeau had no way of measuring the transit time of single pulses of 
light, so he devised an ingenious experiment such that he wouldn't need to.

Does it never occur to you that if you see what appears to be a 
fundamental problem with a historical experiment, it's more than likely 
because you don't understand it, not because the problem really existed?

Sylvia.

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The constancy of light Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2017-02-06 17:11 -0800
  Cretin Peter Riedt at it again "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2017-02-06 17:16 -0800
    Re: Cretin Peter Riedt at it again, was re: constancy of light RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-13 12:38 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-07 12:25 +1100
    Re: The constancy of light Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2017-02-06 20:26 -0800
      Peter Riedt eats shit "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2017-02-06 20:36 -0800
      Re: The constancy of light Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 06:56 +0100
      Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-07 19:31 +1100
        Re: The constancy of light "David (Lord Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2017-02-07 00:39 -0800
        Re: The constancy of light benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-02-07 17:07 -0500
      Re: The constancy of light Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 07:22 -0600
        Re: The constancy of light Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2017-02-07 16:02 -0800
          Re: The constancy of light Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 17:11 -0800
            Re: The constancy of light Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2017-02-07 18:16 -0800
              Re: The constancy of light Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 18:31 -0800
              Re: The constancy of light Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 08:33 -0600
                Re: The constancy of light mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-02-08 06:53 -0800
          Re: The constancy of light Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 08:32 -0600
    Re: The constancy of light mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-02-07 10:36 -0800
    Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-08 05:07 -0800
      Re: The constancy of light mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-02-08 05:25 -0800
        Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-08 05:59 -0800
          Re: The constancy of light mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-02-08 06:14 -0800
          Re: The constancy of light Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 21:15 +0100
            Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-09 03:44 -0800
              Re: The constancy of light Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 13:36 +0100
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-09 04:51 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-09 05:36 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 15:12 +0100
                Re: The constancy of light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-02-09 08:52 -0600
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-09 10:20 -0800
                Imbecile Jay Mosley back with a vengeance "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2017-02-09 10:44 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-02-13 10:16 -0600
                Re: The constancy of light Sanjuanita Peeples <naalu@nwmeela.org> - 2017-02-13 18:32 +0000
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-13 11:01 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light alsor@interia.pl - 2017-02-10 12:49 -0800
              Re: The constancy of light "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2017-02-10 14:47 +0100
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-10 07:48 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-02-13 10:34 -0600
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-13 10:34 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-02-13 14:16 -0600
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-13 14:31 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-02-14 09:33 -0600
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-14 08:18 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-02-14 12:24 -0600
                Re: The constancy of light matt.rush200@outlook.com - 2017-02-14 10:40 -0800
                Re: The constancy of light "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2017-02-13 21:16 +0100
      Re: The constancy of light Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 21:00 +0100
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-07 14:59 -0800
    Re: The constancy of light John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 15:51 -0800
    Re: The constancy of light John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 17:06 -0800
      Re: The constancy of light John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 17:09 -0800
      Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-08 12:53 +1100
        Re: The constancy of light John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 18:19 -0800
          Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-08 14:08 +1100
        Re: The constancy of light John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 18:24 -0800
          Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-08 14:11 +1100
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-08 11:24 -0800
    Re: The constancy of light "David (Lord Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2017-02-08 12:10 -0800
    Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-09 12:45 +1100
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-09 10:36 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-10 12:57 -0800
    Re: The constancy of light John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-10 14:56 -0800
    Re: The constancy of light alsor@interia.pl - 2017-02-11 14:42 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-10 13:09 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-10 13:23 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-10 13:27 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-11 11:23 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-11 14:56 -0800
  Re: The constancy of light numbernumber1964@gmail.com - 2017-02-14 10:44 -0800

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