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Trevor

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Trevor J. Kenchington wrote:

> Alex wrote:
> > I think this argument is wrong.
>
> Try making a drawing of it, Alex. I think you will find that that
> confirms my version.

Already did. Not only drawing but calculation.
See my previous message where the formula is given.
In the prism experiment you and Bruce are right.
(And I am sorry for saying that you were wrong before
I did the calculation).

However it does not folloow that the prism experiment
adequately describes the real situation.

> > Which proves that this dip error cannot decrease with height:-)
>
> It proves nothing of the kind.


I think it does: if the anomalous refraction always decreases
with height of the observer, than  the anomalous refraction from
the space ship would be smaller than that from a sailboat.

And we all agree that it is probably not smaller.

In view of these thought experiments I suppose that
anomalous refraction is not a monotone function of the height.

Alex.

   

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