Quoth Bruce Griffiths at 2010-03-06 07:58... > Yes it does due to the variation of gravitational attraction between the > object and the Earth with height above the ground. > However this classical effect is very small and probably virtually > impossible to measure.
So, if the mass is closer to the centre of the planet, it weighs more? Never really considered this before, but fascinating nonetheless. Wonder if this would affect the moment of a pendulum. -- Matthew Smith Smiffytech - Technology Consulting & Web Application Development Business: http://www.smiffytech.com/ Blog/personal: http://www.smiffysplace.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/smiffy Skype: msmiffy Twitter: @smiffy _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
