Michael Helland wrote:
> On May 1, 4:25 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com> wrote:
>> Michael Helland wrote:
>>
>>> The beginning of Newton's Principia defined time and space as being
>>> both absolute and relative:
>>    Observations show that is wrong.
> 
> Riddle me this, Sam.
> 
> Newton wrote:
> 
> "Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of the absolute
> spaces; which our senses determine by its position to bodies;"
> 
> It seems he is saying relative space is what makes up our measurements
> and observations.
> 
> I'd love to know.
> 
> How do observations show that is wrong?


   See: http://hermes.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~dkoks/Faq/Relativity/SR/experiments.html
   Sections 4 and on...