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Re: lost msg: Re: bad-faith argumentation (was *earth* vs. *wing*)

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:38:50 -0700 William Beaty <billb@ESKIMO.COM>
writes:
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

Hmmm, but it keeps compressing air and pushing it toward the
scale.

Yes, but only when it is fairly close to the bottom. Instead of a
cage, imagine a huge plastic box with the plate suspended in the
center.
As the plate falls, a torus of rotating air develops around it. The
falling plate does not push on the bottom of the box until it is just
about
to collide.

But doesnt the compressed air under the box start a sound wave that
travels faster than the box falls??