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Sagnac Experiment
Critics of the Sagnac Effect generally claim that the laws of Special Relativity do not apply to the Sagnac Experiment due to the rotational accelerati ...web/20190408033535/https://digilander.libero.it/VNereo/r-a-monti-theory-of-relativity-a-critical-analysis.pdf Archive]) its author Dr. Roberto Monti ([https

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Equivalence Principle Tests
...ne of the fundamental forces of nature. Yet, physicists have realized only relatively recently that tests of Newtonian gravity can still provide a unique wi '''The Newtonian gravitational constant: recent measurements and related studies'''<br>

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Aether
...d that Einstein abolished the aether in science with his Theory of Special Relativity. However, the following quotes suggest a different story.<br><br> ...in theoretical physics because of its past association with opposition to relativity. This is unfortunate because, stripped of these connotations, it rathe

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Ring Laser Gyroscope
...ts. Due to the range seen, these secondary mechanisms are ''also'' somehow related to the speed of the Earth's rotation. It is from these mysterious mechani ...tects? Whether the responsible mechanism is seismic, pressure, or 'aether' related, we know by the direct evidence of inconsistency that the results are mod

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Michelson-Morley Experiment
...zontal directions at various times of the day, in an attempt to detect the relative motion of matter through the stationary luminiferous aether by using the ...nd directly influenced the creation of Albert Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity.

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Distance to the Sun
...distant. If the earth is flat, the celestial bodies are triangulated to be relatively close to the earth's surface. ...p, with b=1000 miles, we find that h is approximately 2000 miles. This relatively close sun would have been quite plausible to the ancients.

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Bi-Polar Model
Related videos by Flat Earth Crush: ...field lines. Circumnavigation involves traveling Eastwards or Westwards in relation to those field lines, taking you around the nearest pole. On a Bi-Polar

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Alfred Russel Wallace
== Relation to Flat Earth Theory ==

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Viewing Distance
Viewing distance into the horizon is directly correlated with pressure, gas constant, temperature, humidity, and pollution. At sea When you increase your altitude you are changing your perspective lines in relation to the earth, pushing back your vanishing point. The vanishing point, be

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Terminology
The following is a list of common Flat-Earth-related abbreviations, many of which come up frequently in discussions of the sub

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Problems of the Galaxies
...alaxies and galaxy clusters doesn’t seem to fit the predictions of general relativity. Dark matter is one way to explain that behavior. Likewise, the accele ...es is a messy one,” Archibald said. Some would-be replacements for general relativity, like string theory and loop quantum gravity, don’t offer testable p

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Doppler Shift
...the change in frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source. It was named after the Austrian physicist Christian ...e mechanism of Raman scattering as an interpretation of redshift, which is related to Releigh scattering.

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Eötvös Effect
...or westwards. Although the cause of the noise is unknown, the noise may be related to the stars, tides, or even the upper flow of the 'great ocean conveyor

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Equivalence Principle
...‘principle of equivalence,’ upon which his search for a general theory of relativity would be based.|John Norton, What was Einstein's Principle of Equivale ...rmines the particle's 'resistance' to an applied force in general.|General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists}}

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Mechanical Gyroscope
...tionary when sitting on the Earth's surface, but appears to be rotating in relation to the platform when sitting on a platform rotating with a 24 hour perio

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The Humber Bridge
'''A.''' The pylons were built vertically in relation to the earth. The pylons were built to be exactly the same height. The d

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Ring Laser Gyroscope - Seismology
...is said to be contrary to the consistency of light as proposed by Special Relativity (See the '''[[Sagnac Experiment]]'''). ...y subtle “frame-dragging” effect predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

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Evidence for Universal Acceleration
...'strange ‘coincidence’'', and is one of the founding postulates of general relativity theory. In it’s stronger form, it states that '''''all the laws of p ...n do almost anything they want". Under the space-bending schema of General Relativity the arc of a basketball makes a "straight line path" to its destinatio

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City of Toronto
...a position near the Earth's surface there should be a considerable bulge. Related observations show that the Rogers Center Dome can be seen to be above the

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Magnification of the Sun at Sunset
A relative constant sizing effect can be seen in the simple reflections of mirrors. ...just as with the mirror reflection experiment, causing it to stay the same relative size on the medium as it recedes.

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