Re: [Phys-l] Galileo was wrong

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

ok, is it just me - or is this 'transverse, velocity dependent 
gravitational force' more than 'just' an ad hoc contrivance that 
makes the 'centrifugal pseudoforce' work out.


At 9:16 PM -0400 9/21/10, Joseph Bellina wrote:
> Yep, as I recall that may have been Mach's arguement, that all those 
> stars going round could make the pendulum go around, but I may have 
> it wrong.
>
> joe