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Re: transfer of momentum

My guess is that analog speedometers are disconnected
from the axle when the transmission is in reverse.

Daniel Crowe
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Ardmore Regional Center
dcrowe@sotc.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard Cleyet [mailto:anngeorg@PACBELL.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:36 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: transfer of momentum


If one removes the pin, it might read below the zero. Same w/
d'Arsonval meters (usually no pin.)

bc



Hugh Haskell wrote:

At 12:58 -0500 11/19/03, Joseph Bellina wrote:



Here speed is what the car speedometer reads.



And if it's an analog speedometer, when backing up it always reads
zero. But your statement is true for digital speedometers.