Local Device for Time Speed Measuring
Clocks count seconds, they do not measure time speed.
Since Einstein we know that time flow is local to place and time: time speed varies from place to place and from time to time. But because we all (globally) live at the same place and time, time flow for all of us is the same. Is there a local tool that can detect changes in our time flow? Yes — and the simplest is capacitor:
Formula for capacitance is C = Q / V, where Q is a charge (which is independent of time flow), and V is a voltage — some number in Volt-units. If we change Volt-unit real value by a factor of X, then the same voltage, if counted in changed units, changes by a factor of 1/X, and capacitance C changes by X-factor, as it is inverse to the voltage V. Now, to the definition of Volt-unit:
“1 Volt is the potential difference between two points in a conductor when 1 Joule of energy is consumed to move 1 Coulomb of charge from one point to the other.”
1 Coulomb of charge does not depend on time flow, but Joule (unit of energy) does: when time slows down (aka “dilates”) by a factor D, Joule grows by factor of D² (see “Joules and Energy Conservation” chapter in “Time Matters” linked below). Now, because Volt ~ Joule (“~” stands for “proportional”, by the above definition of Volt), and since Joule ~ D² (when time dilates by D-factor), then Volt ~ D². As we have noticed right above the Volt definition, Volt-unit changed by X-factor, changes any capacitance by the same X-factor, thus, Volt-unit change by D²-factor (when time dilates by D-factor) causes capacitance change by the same D²-factor. In other words:
Capacitance change by a factor of X can be caused by √X-time dilation (dilation by square root of X).
If capacitors’ capacitance increases by a factor of about 1.002 across the globe, that indicates our time slowing down by a factor of about 1.001 (as 1.001² ≈ 1.002). This happened 66–65 million years ago (with catastrophic consequences), when the Solar system moved out from a faster-time arm of the Milky Way (see details in chapters 9 and 42 of “Time Matters”).
P.S. Absolute Clock Design that Accounts for Time Dilation.
P.P.S. “Time Matters” free eBook (also available on Amazon and Google).
