Michael Helland wrote: > On May 1, 4:25 pm, Sam Wormley <[email protected]> wrote: >> Michael Helland wrote: >> >>> The beginning of Newton's Principia defined time and space as being >>> both absolute and relative: >> Observations show that is wrong. > > Riddle me this, Sam. > > Newton wrote: > > "Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of the absolute > spaces; which our senses determine by its position to bodies;" > > It seems he is saying relative space is what makes up our measurements > and observations. > > I'd love to know. > > How do observations show that is wrong? See: http://hermes.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~dkoks/Faq/Relativity/SR/experiments.html Sections 4 and on...