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Implications of Michelson-Morley experiment, using sound waves.

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Doppler Shifter, I hardly know her!!!

Now I switch to a different venue for my thought experiment. It will involve two automobiles traveling down a smooth straight level section of turnpike. Each auto will set their cruise controls at a constant velocity, v, which they have agreed upon beforehand. Each driver has fully operational digital clocks, annoyingly loud horns, and bright halogen lights on board. It is dusk on a clear windless day. As the convoy (a lead auto and a following auto) makes its way down the road, the pair are
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Galileo's Ship 2 - The Bellringer

-1632, Galileo proposed his thought experiment, called “Galileo’s Ship“: “…That is why I said you should be below decks; for if this took place above in the open air, which would not follow the course of the ship, more or less noticeable differences would be seen in some of the noted effects…” -This is the point which I wish to drive my shoulder into. Focusing on the air as a medium for the transmission of sound waves, I want to transmutate these noticeable differences into mathematically measu
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Absolute Motion vs. Relative Motion

-The first postulate of Einstein in his Special Theory of Relativity (STR) states: “There is no experiment that can be performed in an enclosed laboratory that can detect absolute motion.” -Certainly the idea of absolute motion is out of reach for modern scientists. There is no way to observe an Aristotle’s grid, or Newton’s fixed stars, or the Michelson-Morley Aether; which are at rest in the Universe, and against which all Celestial motions can be defined. -This leaves us only able to work wi
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An Echo in the Grand Canyon

-An Echo measured at the Grand Canyon fits the formula t = [2L] / c. But this is only valid in light of the fact that a thin layer of air molecules (atmosphere / medium) is being dragged by the surface of the Earth (like a dimpled golf ball) as it hurtles through interstellar space. If this layer were at rest relative to the Earth, then this would allow a new definition of relativity to emerge based on a new Echo formula: ♦ T = [(L - vt1) / c] + [(L + vt2) / c ] = [2Lc] / (c²-v²) -This Echo f
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Meeting & Overtaking

-I am mainly using two algebra word problem concepts as the mathematical framework for my hypothesis: meeting and overtaking. That is, the aft vertical pole is meeting the sound wave - air at rest, the train is moving forward; or the aft vertical pole is overtaking the sound wave - air at rest, the train is moving in reverse. -In the reference frame of the moving flatbed train car, the aft pole, the observer and her clock are either overtaking or meeting the fore pole of the train car, dependin
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Simultaneity 1:Thunderclaps and Lightningbolts

-A common thought experiment by Einstein often used to help explain his concept of sim​ultaneity involves a train car and a nearby station platform. If lightning strikes the fore and aft ends of a moving train car at the same time, then a definition of simultaneity emerges. -Having grown up in the American Midwest, thunderstorms are a common occurrence. A story that weathercasters often tell is that when a lightning bolt is observed some distance away, then if the time is counted until the thu
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Caboose 1: A Light from the Caboose

-Suppose a long train with a caboose travels down a level section of track at a constant velocity, v. There is an observer in the caboose and an engineer in the engine car. It is a windless day. This observer may ask: What is the speed of the train relative to the air, or a nearby platform (both at rest relative to train)? -She has a light source (lantern, maybe) to send a signal to the engine car and engineer. The light signal is effectively instantaneous. He blows the whistle when he receives
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A Strange Use of Doppler Effect

-Suppose a hi-speed train is traveling down a long level section of track at a constant velocity, v. It is a windless day. The engineer at the engine decides to blow the whistle at some particular time. An observer in the caboose, and another observer on the train station platform may feel compelled to ask, what is the speed of the train. Can either or both find the speed of the train based only on the blast (sound) of the train whistle? -The observer on the caboose might construct her algeb
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Galileo's Ship 1:The Motion of the Air

-In the book by Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, he outlines a thought experiment that is to take place on a typical wooden ship of his time. This experiment illustrates a principle of projectiles in motion and describes the hidden nature of forces and motion. It introduces his principle of relativity that has come down to us as Einstein’s postulate of absolute motion from his Special Relativity Theory (STR). -Quotes from the book: "…Shut yourself up with some
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Disentangling Reference Frames

-So to continue my thought of disentangling reference frames, I think this is an important step in my hypothesis because it allows a mathematical transformation between the flatbed train car and the air / medium. Either the air molecules are in motion while the flatbed is at rest, or the flatbed is in motion with the air molecules at rest (e.g., on a windless day). But I can choose what type of day and conditions under which I want to conduct the thought experiment, beforehand. -In an enclose
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Waves violate Galilean Invariance.

-Galilean Invariance, and its violation by waves, is a critical concept to my hypothesis. I plan to exploit this phenomenon as a means to take Einstein’s Relativity beyond the speed of light. If I am successful in coming up with a new definition of absolute motion and simultaneity, time travel may be on the horizon. -The idea of invariance involves a graphic (coordinates and axes) relationship between reference frames. These axes and coordinates are used as a mathematical means of representin
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The Speed of c in Michelson-Morley Experiment

My journey into the realm of Relativity (Einstein, Newton, Galileo, et. al.) began with a simple question: Can the speed of sound,c, be substituted for speed of light,c, in the Michelson-Morley interferometer formula? That is, T = L /(c-v) + L /(c+v). It turns out that the answer (after my online investigations) is yes. The symbol,c, is applied to both types of waves. While c as the speed for light is 300,000 km /sec , and c as the speed for sound is approx. 300 m /sec. Additionally, the violati
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