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Re: Coriolis and gyros (second attempt)(typos corrected)
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Aug 24, 06:38 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Aug 24, 06:38 -0700
"Coriolis is not involved since the Pantheon has not moved across the surface of the earth since its foundations were laid in 1758 so its ground speed is zero." LOL. Gary the pendulum bob is itself in motion, right? Its ground speed is most certainly NOT zero. Likewise in a gyro-compass, its individuaL mass elements are moving at very high speed. If they weren't moving, it wouldn't work. The Coriolis acceleration causes the precession in both cases --in the rotating frame of reference in which the Earth is fixed. -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
