Does Matter/Mass Define Time? [Archive]

R. Henry Nigl

Sep4-04, 03:06 AM

Patrick Powers

Sep6-04, 04:47 AM

<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n"R. Henry Nigl" <rhnl@exoptica.com> wrote in message news:<200409030003.i83037Sv055779@mailbox7.ucsd.ed u>...\n> Is the scalar traverse of matter/mass equivalent to time?\n> All answers welcome.\n>\n> R. Henry Nigl\n>\n> Thanks Frank.\n>\n> eoe@hypernet.com\n\nYes.\n\nConsider a clock made in this manner: Have a very long ruler in empty\nspace. Fire a gun in the direction of the ruler. By observing where\nthe bullet is relative to the ruler time may be measured in units of\nlength. We might call this a "standard meter."\n\nA standard meter is the interval during which a standard mass to which\na standard force has been applied travels a standard distance in the\nabsence of all other forces. (And this is a thought experiment! I know\nthis is impractical.)\n\nThen in all physics, units of seconds may be replaced with such\nstandard meters. Since this is merely a change of unit, all the\nmathematics remains valid.\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"R. Henry Nigl" <rhnl@exoptica.com> wrote in message news:<200409030003.i83037Sv055779@mailbox7.ucsd.edu>...
> Is the scalar traverse of matter/mass equivalent to time?
> All answers welcome.
>
> R. Henry Nigl
>
> Thanks Frank.
>
> eoe@hypernet.com

Yes.

Consider a clock made in this manner: Have a very long ruler in empty
space. Fire a gun in the direction of the ruler. By observing where
the bullet is relative to the ruler time may be measured in units of
length. We might call this a "standard meter."

A standard meter is the interval during which a standard mass to which
a standard force has been applied travels a standard distance in the
absence of all other forces. (And this is a thought experiment! I know
this is impractical.)

Then in all physics, units of seconds may be replaced with such
standard meters. Since this is merely a change of unit, all the
mathematics remains valid.