Re: lost msg: Re: bad-faith argumentation (was *earth* vs. *wing*)

[Ludwik Kowalski <KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>]

Did somebody actually perform the experiment with a bird?
Probably not. An easier experiment to perform would be a
cage in which a flat plate is suspended from the ceiling. The
supporting threads are burned and the plate starts falling
in the air. What is the "recorded weight" during the fall?
I am assuming that the cage is sitting on a scale. What
would this demonstrate?

William Beaty wrote:

> ..... More about the bird hovering in the cage, and the
> fact that there is no force between bird and cage, even
> though the cage REALLY IS just as heavy when the
> bird is hovering as when it is resting on the bottom. ...