Re: Foucault at the equator

From: John T Lowry (jlowry100_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:46:27 GMT

"Tristan Miller" <psychonaut@nothingisreal.com> wrote in message
news:1160480.xLJh79aFKL@ID-187157.News.Individual.NET...
> Greetings.
>
> In article <6AMwc.23967$Tn6.19052@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
John T
> Lowry wrote:
> > Nothing to it. Taking two identical jet transports, at identical but
> > opposite velocities, and have one circumnavigate the earth
eastbound,
> > the other, westbound. The eastbound one will use less fuel because
it
> > gets an effective lift boost (hence less aerodynamic lift, hence
less
> > induced drag), in the earth frame, from earth's rotation. It's a
> > Coriolus force demonstation, as is the Foucault pendulum, but in the
> > vertical instead of the horizontal plane.
>
> Perhaps you missed the part about it being the year 1850...?
>
> Regards,
> Tristan
>
>
You're right. I missed the 1850 proviso.
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