> One of the main foundations of the General Theory is the famous
> equivalence principle.
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> it states that gravitational and inertial mass are equivalent. This idea

> There are actually several experiments:
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> 1. - If the room was on the surface of a planet, a sensitive gravity
> meter would show a difference in weight, if it was moved a short
> distance above the floor.

> On May 13, 5:51 am, Albertito gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On May 13, 11:24 am, PD gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Of course you can. You didn't read what I wrote. You time a muon in
>>> flight the same way you could a car on the highway: you time its
>>> crossings on successive, spaced gates. (Note you don't have to follow
>>> the car all the way from the garage to do so.) You make a scintillator
>>> paddle triplet, with each paddle separated by some appreciable
>>> difference (say, 20m), and then the signals from each of the
>>> scintillators to an o'scope or a TDC by an equal length cable. 20 m
>>> would be about 60 ns if the speed were as high as c, trivial to
>>> measure by either of the devices mentioned. The presence of the MIP
>>> signal in all three paddles assures that you are seeing the passage of
>>> the muon. You measure the distance, and you measure the time it takes
>>> the muon to cover that distance. You have a direct measurement of the ...