all the rods upon the periphery experience the Lorentz contraction, but the rods upon the diameter do not experience this contraction (along their lengths!).[14] It therefore follows that
It therefore follows that the laws of configuration of rigid bodies with respect to
' do not agree with the laws of configuration of rigid bodies that are in accordance with Euclidean geometry. If, further, we place two similar clocks (rotating with
'), one upon the periphery, and the other at the centre of the circle, then, judged from
, the clock on the periphery will go slower than the clock at the centre. The same thing must take place, judged from