Timeline for Measuring the one-way speed of light? [closed]
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| Sep 17, 2022 at 8:26 | history | closed |
WillO Dale Miyase |
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| Sep 16, 2022 at 21:13 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 16, 2022 at 21:01 | comment | added | Dale | Does this answer your question? What is wrong with these ways of measuring one-way speed of light? | |
| Sep 16, 2022 at 20:45 | answer | added | Charles Ivie | timeline score: -3 | |
| May 23, 2022 at 4:16 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 23, 2022 at 3:53 | answer | added | Ela Kuitkowski | timeline score: -1 | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:19 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:18 | comment | added | user276997 | @user253751 I was thinking that the fact that the light passes through the gear is the information needed. The time that it takes the light to reach the gear could be calculated using the rotation rate of the gear. However, as others have answered, this wouldn't work because you woulnd't be able to calibrate the wheel's rotation without using a clock, which wouldn't be synchronized with the light source. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 17:58 | comment | added | Criticize SE actions means ban | oh well then I don't understand how it measures the speed. Unless it compares the time the light hits the detector with the time it came through the wheel? Then it's the same as if you had a flashing light and a detector. Which is the first thing you would think of to measure the speed of light. And they debunked it in the video. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 17:12 | comment | added | user276997 | @user253751 No, I was thinking just a light source, wheel, and detector. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 16:24 | comment | added | Criticize SE actions means ban | And to be clear, because it's not obvious from your diagram: your solution is to use two wheels instead of using a mirror that reflects back through the same wheel, right? | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 14:21 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 3, 2020 at 13:45 | comment | added | Criticize SE actions means ban | "other than any ones need for calibrating the rotation of the wheel" <- there's the rub. How do you make sure the two wheels are in sync? With, uh, clocks. Or by transmitting a signal which moves at light-speed or less. Those ideas are all covered in the video. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 13:25 | history | edited | Dale | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2020 at 13:21 | answer | added | Dale | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 11:22 | answer | added | daveh | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 7:50 | history | asked | user276997 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |