One Microvolt in experimental error means 593 meters/second delta v in electron velocity. No?
I vote for a vacuum version of Stokes' " upward aerosol settling velocity". :-) Fred Michel Jullian wrote: > > Not that complicated ! > > >If there is a gravity repulsion force on > > any residual electrons after about a 0.3 second wait..... > > The thing is, any current after 0.3 second will not be measurable, whereas > the volunteers current pulse will be high. > > >> > >> What about having two of these tubes end to end but looking opposite > > ways, > >> and measuring the difference in the flight times of the fastest > > electrons? > >> One could do this once with tube 1 on top, and once with tube 2 on top, > > to > >> ascertain the effect is gravitational. > >> > > Hard vacuum plumbing and step-ladders don't come cheap. :-) > > Actually it could be done with one single evacuated 2m tube with the > photocathodes in the middle, or a single vertical photocathode maybe. > > The point is we could trigger the scope on one of the two collected current > pulses and watch the other one, whose time of arrival would be twice the > time of flight variation due to gravity. Turning the tube upside down should > make the observed pulse move to the other side of the synchro pulse. Might > work even with relatively fast electrons...or not :) > > Michel >
