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  2. Rotating spheres - Wikipedia

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    The rotating observers see the spheres in circular motion with angular rate ω S = ω I − ω R (S = spheres). That is, if the frame rotates more slowly than the spheres, ω S > 0 and the spheres advance counterclockwise around a circle, while for a more rapidly moving frame, ω S < 0, and the spheres appear to retreat clockwise around a ...

  3. Absolute rotation - Wikipedia

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    Figure 2: Two spheres tied with a string and rotating at an angular rate ω. Because of the rotation, the string tying the spheres together is under tension. Newton also proposed another experiment to measure one's rate of rotation: using the tension in a cord joining two spheres rotating about their center of mass.

  4. Centrifugal force - Wikipedia

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    Newton suggested two arguments to answer the question of whether absolute rotation can be detected: the rotating bucket argument, and the rotating spheres argument. [5] According to Newton, in each scenario the centrifugal force would be observed in the object's local frame (the frame where the object is stationary) only if the frame were ...

  5. Sphere - Wikipedia

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    The set of all spheres satisfying this equation is called a pencil of spheres determined by the original two spheres. In this definition a sphere is allowed to be a plane (infinite radius, center at infinity) and if both the original spheres are planes then all the spheres of the pencil are planes, otherwise there is only one plane (the radical ...

  6. Inertial frame of reference - Wikipedia

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    Figure 2: Two spheres tied with a string and rotating at an angular rate ω. Because of the rotation, the string tying the spheres together is under tension. Figure 3: Exploded view of rotating spheres in an inertial frame of reference showing the centripetal forces on the spheres provided by the tension in the tying string.

  7. Magnus effect - Wikipedia

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    Some aircraft have been built to use the Magnus effect to create lift with a rotating cylinder instead of a wing, allowing flight at lower horizontal speeds. [2] The earliest attempt to use the Magnus effect for a heavier-than-air aircraft was in 1910 by a US member of Congress, Butler Ames of Massachusetts.

  8. Bucket argument - Wikipedia

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    Below are two approaches to understanding the concavity of the surface of rotating water in a bucket. Force diagram for an element of water surface in co-rotating frame. Top: Radial section and selected point on water surface; the water, the co-rotating frame, and the radial section share a constant angular rate of rotation given by the vector Ω.

  9. Absolute space and time - Wikipedia

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    The spheres are distant enough for their effects on each other to be ignored, and they are held together by a rope. If the rope is under tension, it is because the bodies are rotating relative to absolute space according to Newton , or because they rotate relative to the universe itself according to Mach , or because they rotate relative to ...