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Anyone got anything other than the stupid Cavendish experiment?

Prove gravity is real. Please and thank you.

Anyone got anything other than the stupid Cavendish experiment? Prove gravity is real. Please and thank you.

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I guess I'll just have to keep digging for a better experiment.

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the draft in the room surprised me. i would, too, not be satisfied unless i did the experiment myself to witness first-hand.

but dont throw the baby out with the bathwater.

i would say that is the best experiment.

but just not the best execution of how to keep the wind down.

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"The actual balance is enclosed in a metal case with glass windows to protect the torsion balance from air currents while allowing the laser beam to bounce from the mirror."

video: http://www.leydenscience.org/physics/gravitation/detail.mpg

source: http://www.leydenscience.org/physics/gravitation/cavend.htm