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Re: [Phys-l] definition of gravity



And Ernst Mach asks about the two rocks on the ends of a rope in an 'empty' universe.

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At 7:59 PM +0000 11/9/11, Rauber, Joel wrote:
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-- The laws of motion are *not* invariant with respect to angular
velocity. There *is* such a thing as absolute rotation rate.
You can detect this with a gyroscope, with a Foucault pendulum,
with anything that is sensitive to Coriolis forces, et cetera.

[Joel Rauber]
Or as another canonical example - Newton's bucket