Re: Speed of Light

Warren York ( infonet@home.com )
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:51:49 -0500

"Carrigan, Ken" wrote:
>
> Jim, et all
> ...

> True, speed of sound also travels slower in mediums but again in a
> vaccum is the fastest that sound will travel. Now frequency is another
> quality which you maybe referring to. Doupler Effect!
>
...
>
> v/r Ken Carrigan
>
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OOPS! I think there is a slight oversight here. Sound needs a medium
to propagate through. A vacuum should not propagate sound. This does
bring out an interesting point though. RF will propagate through a
vacuum. Warren