Re: On Arindam Banerjee's recoil-less rail gun and Newton's 3rd Law violations in electrodynamics

Aether Regained <AetherRegaind@invalid.com> wrote:

bertietaylor wrote:

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Volney wrote:
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Even solar sails use that effect (momentum of sunlight).

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No that is a heat engine. Temperature differences on either side cause
the motion. Radiant heat is em waves raising the temperature on one side,
that facing the sun.
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@bertietaylor a.k.a @ArindamBanerjee,
 
You are confusing the action of the Crookes' radiometer with Nichols'
radiometer.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer
 
Crookes' radiometer is a heat engine that uses a light source as the
source of (radiant) heat, and a working substance, air.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichols_radiometer
 
Nichols' radiometer measures radiation pressure caused by light
momentum. The concept of photons are not required to explain this
momentum, Maxwell's wave theory is sufficient.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pressure

Nichols' radiometer is a heat engine too.
Its heatsink is either the walls of the room,
or ultimately, if you go outside,
the cosmic background radiation,

Jan