An Experimental Investigation of the Precessional Couple on a Gyro-Compass as a Function of Depth Below the Earth's Surface, and its Relevance to the Hypothetical Existence of a 'Tied' Aether

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Nov 1970

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 320, Issue 1540, pp. 131-146

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It is possible that the negative result of the Michelson-Morley experiment is compatible with the existence of a medium or 'aether' if the latter is carried along with the Earth. The consequences of this model for phenomena due to the Earth's rotation (such as the precessional couple on a gryo-compass) are considered. An experiment has been carried out to compare the precessional couple at the Earth's surface with that at a depth of 3300 m to an accuracy of 1 part in 104. The result was a negative one in that no change with depth was detected to this accuracy. The experiment is not quite accurate enough to rule out the 'tied' aether hypothesis entirely but the depth for complete tying would have to be large compared to the Earth's radius to agree with the measurements. To this extent the hypothesis must be regarded as an unlikely one.

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