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From: roy@gitpyr.UUCP (Roy J. Mongiovi)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Propagation of gravity
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Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 15:26:35 EST
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> One might ask whether the "fabric of space"  has  the  same  same
> properties as a piece of cloth, that is, if you pull on one edge,
> does the disturbance propagate or does it affect the entire sheet
> at once?

Actually, the distubance of pulling on one edge of a piece of cloth
DOES propagate through the cloth.  In fact, it propagates at precisely
the speed of sound through cloth.  After all, that is EXACTLY what
sound is:  a disturbance in a physical medium.
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