Re: A question for those interested in physics...
From Mark Kent <mar...@NOHAM.otford.kent.btinternet.co.uk>
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Peter K�hlmann <Pet...@t-online.de> espoused: >Elizabeth wrote: > >> David Squire wrote: >>> >>> "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D., P.A." wrote: >>> >>> > David Squire wrote: >>> > > >>> > > "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D., P.A." wrote: >>> > > >>> > > > none wrote: >>> > > > > >>> > > > > As far as comparing them to rain... Lead is a lot heavier than >>> > > > > water and will come down quite a bit faster, >>> > > > >>> > > > Nope. >>> > > >>> > > If its in a pellet the same size and shape it will. The force due to >>> > > air resistance will be the same in both cases, whereas the force due >>> > > to gravity will be higher on the lead pellet, due to its higher mass >>> > > - it is more than 11 times more dense. >>> > >>> > Does the name "Galileo" ring a bell? >>> >>> Does "in a vacuum" ring a bell? >>> >>> Galileo's result is true only in the absence of air resistance. You can >>> try it at home: drop a feather and a ball bearing from the same height >>> and time their descents. >>> >>> D. >> If you ring a bell in a vacuum does it make a sound? >> Elizabeth > >Sure it does. You just must be somehow attached to it to hear it. >The absence of a transport medium is just that, no way to *transport* the >sound, which is still there (at the bell) > Ahhh - that's an interesting logical conundrum. It's a question of how you define sound. If you say 'does a bell vibrate in a vacuum after being hit" then the answer is certainly yes. If you say 'does it make a sound'? then I think that depends on whether you have something else to transmit the vibrations. Define sound, then you have the range of answers available. -- | Mark Kent -- Take out the ham to mail me. | Revolution, n.: A form of government abroad.
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