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Not to nitpick (I only stumbled upon this recently myself), but the mechanism driving a Crookes radiometer (which I presume is the type you're talking about) is
by z2h-a6n 2y ago
Not to nitpick (I only stumbled upon this recently myself), but the mechanism driving a Crookes radiometer (which I presume is the type you're talking about) is not photon pressure, but interactions with the low pressure gas in the bulb [1].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer#Explanations_for_the_force_on_the_vanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer#Explanation...
- jjtheblunt 2y agoYes(!): the explanation on the little paper that came with it explained such.