On 5 Sep 2003 17:17:37 -0700, (Mark Szlazak) wrote:

(HenriWilson) wrote in message . ..
Would you now explain why the Wilsonian method of absolutely synching clocks
will not work?

Don't your two light sources have to be synchronized (i.e, their
pulses or wave forms)?

Maybe I didn't explain my method properly.

The laser emit very fine continuous beams. These are merely used to signal when
the ends pass the clocks (assume the clocks have photocells). If very long rods
are used, this is a pretty accurate method of doing just that. There are other
ways, of course. Light does not have to be used at all.
The main thing is, no matter what the speed of the rod, when one of its ends is
adjacent to one clock, the other will also be exactly adjacent to the next.

If both clocks are subsequently set at the same reading when this happens, then
they are absolutely synched.

It matters not how fast the rod moves. Nor does the clock frame speed enter
into the equation.
They are absolutely synched in all frames.


Henri Wilson.

See my animations and physics book at:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/HeWn/index.htm