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Precision Engineering

Volume 1, Issue 1, January 1979, Pages 5-11
Precision Engineering

Precision engineering and Einstein: The Relativity Gyroscope experiment

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Abstract

One hundred years after Einstein's birth and sixty-four years after the publication of his theory of gravity, General Relativity remains one of the least tested of physical theories. This paper outlines the status of Einstein's tests and goes on to describe a new test, the Relativity Gyroscope experiment, made possible by two relatively new areas of research; space technology and large scale cryogenics technology. The fundamental limits to precision of this experiment are examined with particular emphasis on precision engineering and metrology

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