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Scientific Paper
TitleTrouton-Noble and the Relativistic Gyroscope
Author(s)Andrew R Dring
Keywordsrelativity, mechanical torques, gyroscopes
Published1996
JournalGalilean Electrodynamics
Volume7
Number3
Pages51-54

Abstract

An important aspect of relativity's understanding of the Trouton-Noble experiment is the introduction of mechanical torques to balance the predicted electromagnetic torques.  This aspect is shown to be experimentally invalid since mechanical torques would result in easily observable precessions in gyroscopes.