Image:Poincare 1900 clock synchr02.png

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This image shows a schematic depiction of the clock synchronisation procedure that was examined by Poincaré in 1900.

The red lines represent world lines in newtonian space; in the context of Poincaré's examination these are world lines of motion with respect to an unmoving immutable luminiferous ether.

The yellow lines represent pulses of light (or pulses of any other electromagnetic wave) that are sent back and forth among a group of clocks that do not have a velocity relative to each other. If the two-way transit time of the signals remains the same, then it has been verified that the clocks do not have a velocity relative to each other. If the clocks to not have a velocity relative to each other, then Doppler shift cancels out.

This image is designed to be used together with Image:Poincare_1900_clock_synchr01.png

Created: 20 January 2006

Author: Cleonis

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