"Mark Oliver" wrote in
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good example of this quantification is placing a wrinkled leaf inside
the pages of a book. The more "time" the leaf is inside the book; the
more "pressed" it becomes. Yet the force of gravity acting upon the
leaf inside the book never changes, it's only the "cumulative net
effect" of gravity, which pressed the leaf flat. This verifies that
gravity indeed has a "cumulative net effect" while passing through
objects.

Invalid example. The same effect can be observed with the book oriented
perpendicular to the direction of gravity.

If the book is placed within a device that squeezes the pages together more
strongly, the effect will be faster.

If the book is in a spring vice and is in orbit around the earth, the
effect will be identical.

If the force pressing the pages together is reduced, the effect will be
reduced irrespective of the presence or absence of gravity.

In otherword, the effect has NOTHING to do with gravity, only with paper
absorbing moisture from the leaf and the leaf being under pressure.



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