----- Original Message ----- From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:53 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Michelson-Morley Interferometer experiment finally done correctly?
> I was speculating that my second suggestion might help deal that > question, hopefully: > > > Another suggestion might be to simply place your hand against the > beam> splitter components (if such components are accessible to > manual touch) and > > apply a gentle amount of "manual" force, as if one was attempting to > > simulate the effects of gravity. My bet is that the interference > waves will > > move based on manual intervention. > > Again, my suspicion is that the interference waves will alter due to > "manual" intervention, simulating the force of gravity. > > It seems to me that some kind of a simple experiment like this ought > to at least be tried. I have no doubt the fringes will shift by pushing against this particular beam splitter. What one needs is a "sag-o-meter". Wait... doesn't this apparatus perform this function? :-) harry
