It was only 9pm, and you could already see tomorrow, eh? lol Ed 300E
2009/1/14 Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > Several years ago, I put new headlights (7 inch dia motorcycle lights - > 'can't remember the name of 'em) on my 81 300D. After it got dark, I went > out to test them; when I turned the lights on, they were so bright, I could > have sworn that they threw so much light forward that I felt some thrust to > the rear - they were BRIGHT. ;<)))))) > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tyler" <casi...@usermail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Prepare to be Amazed and Astounded > > > > Photons have energy and momentum, but they don't have the sort of "rest > > mass" that makes a non-moving object experience gravity. The concept of > > mass doesn't really apply to objects that cannot be at rest. Photons are > > not tiny classical mechanical particles traveling quickly, but have > > totally different behavior. Depending on the context, it's generally > > more useful to think of them as a discrete quanta of energy, rather than > > as a particle like an electron. > > > > I'm not sure about the black cloth experiment you're talking about, > > perhaps someone else on here knows about it? Because mass and energy and > > fundamentally equivalent, it is possible for the energy in a photon to > > increase the mass of an object when absorbed, without the photon itself > > having mass. > > > > Tyler > > > > Bill R wrote: > > > No argument here, but light does seem to have weight. The study was > done > > > many years ago [I was in HS when I heard about it] using a black cloth > > > subjected to intense light in a controlled environment, and the cloth > gained > > > a [very small] amount of weight during the process. It was part of our > > > class on light in HS physics - would have been about 1965. That is my > only > > > reference to it, so, once more, scientific types needed ... is this > true? > > > BillR > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > > > On Behalf Of tyler > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:38 PM > > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Prepare to be Amazed and Astounded > > > > > > Photons don't have mass. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090114/4af69dd7/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
