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Originally Posted by xelasnave
I maintain the force of attraction is not proven  and to this end I have searched for an experiment that proves such a force is real, and over the years I have asked for someone to point to an experiment that shows attraction is a force. To date I have no knowledge of any experiment that shows there is a force that we call attraction....and so I say there is no force of attraction but happy to hear why I may be misguided. I have followed your advice and read and read upon physics and although I am old and useless I can follow how we have arrived at where we are today.. |
Alex,
Here is the experiment performed over 200 years ago.
It is based on the torsion balance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_experiment
Steven