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#Time-Dilation Prove

#: 90076 S13/Off the CuffForum unknown
    19-Oct-87 06:57:29
Fm: Thomas Holaday 70407,534
To: Nick Sullivan/Transactor 76703,4353

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Rods move because their component atoms move. Atoms (in a crystal, say) are bound via electromagnetism. The fastest one atom can 'bump' another is the speed at which the electromagnetic force is communicatesd. So, yes, the other end of the rod would move about a second later.