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BRITISH SCIENTISTS TO SEARCH FOR "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE
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ANTI-GRAVITY
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LONDON (OCT. 28) XINHUA - A TEAM OF BRITISH SCIENTISTS IS SETTING UP AN
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EXPERIMENT TO SEARCH FOR AN "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE, "THE TIMES" NEWSPAPER
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REPORTED TODAY.
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MOST OF THE EXPERIMENTS IN THE WORLD TO DATE HAVE NOT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY
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SENSITIVE TO DETECT THE "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE, SAID PROFESSOR KEITH RUNCORN
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LEADER OF THE RESEARCH TEAM, AT THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT OF NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY.
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THE UNIVERSITY HAS WON SUPPORT FROM THE SCIENCE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
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RESEARCH COUNCILS TO SET UP SENSITIVE GRAVITY-MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AROUND THE
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VAST DRY DOCKS IN PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHAMPTON AND BELFAST IN BRITAIN AS WELL AS
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BREST IN FRANCE.
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A CHANGE IN THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OCCURS WHEN THOUSANDS OF TONNES OF WATER
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POURING THROUGH THE SLUICES IS MEASURED DOWN TO ONE THOUSAND-MILLIONTH OF THE
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STRENGTH OF THE EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD.
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IF THE "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE EXISTS, THE INCREASE IN GRAVITY CAUSED BY THE
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WEIGHT OF WATER WILL BE LESS THAN THAT CALCULATED WITH CONVENTIONAL THEORY.
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PROFESSOR RUNCORN EXPRESSED HIS CONFIDENCE THAT THEY COULD DETECT THE VALUE OF
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THE "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE.
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THE FIRST SERIOUS ATTEMPTS TO DETECT THE FORCE AT THE DOCKS WILL BEGIN LATER
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THIS YEAR, THE NEWSPAPER SAID.
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THE "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE IS THOUGHT TO WEAKEN GRAVITY BY ABOUT ONE PERCENT OVER
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DISTANCES FROM A FEW YARDS TO ONE MILE.
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HOWEVER, PROFESSOR MICHAEL GREEN OF LONDON'S QUEEN MARY COLLEGE, AN AUTHORITY
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ON THE THEORY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE, IS VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE
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EXISTENCE OF THE "ANTI-GRAVITY" FORCE, THE NEWSPAPER ADDED.
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