Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdaisy!wateng!jvenner From: jvenner@wateng.UUCP (Jason P. Venner) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: long lever - (nf) Message-ID: <218@wateng.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Aug-83 21:42:43 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.218 Posted: Mon Aug 8 21:42:43 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Aug-83 01:50:17 EDT References: <2520@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 You did not make a fool of yourself by assuming that the forces holding the rod together travel at no faster than the speed of light. for all out there in net.physics land: that forces holding the atoms/molecules (ie atom to atom etc) of the rod together are electromagnetic and therefore travel are only propagated at the speed of light. yours sincerly, Jason P. Venner (jvenner@wateng) (watmath!wateng!jvenner)