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Inquiries into the Gulliveresque velocity-modifications, on the flying island Laputa, of the strengths of the draught horses, and the elastic properties of solids, necessary for the validity of relativity. The velocity-modifications uniquely demanded by relativity in one experimental situation are then found to result in conflicts with relativity in other experimental situations. Such conflicts in the elastic flexures of beams, unless credibly resolved, could provide means for the self-determination of the absolute motion of Laputa from purely internal experimental procedures, and present yet other posers for the relativity theorists.

Lorentz gave in 1904 his famous coordinate-transformation equations for relativistic correspondence. However, for the purposes of ideological propaganda - and for that purpose to deny Lorentz the origination of the theory -, those equations are often falsely alleged to be defective. An insinuation often adopted is based on concealing the correct import of those equations, which have to be understood in their proper context. The correct understanding of those equations demonstrates the falsity of the allegation. While understanding correctly the mathematical formulae we have to take into consideration the notation, the context, the contemporary conventions, etc. The same mathematical relationship can always be expressed in diverse ways, and all such diverse expressions are entirely equivalent, and all equally valid. There is nothing wrong ? absolutely nothing wrong ? with the original Lorentz equations.

Gulliveresque relativistic mechanics is constructed through the analysis of some simple ballistic experiments with an ideal spring-gun. The variation of mass with velocity, as well as the inertia of energy, follows in the context of Newton's law of the equality and opposition of action and reaction.

In 1908 Planck proposed a modification to Newton's Definition of momentum, which is known as "Planck's Theorem". Starting from it the relativistic mass-velocity relationship, as well as the relativistic law for the ?composition' of velocities can be deduced without resort to the ?relativity postulate'.

Gulliveresque relativistic mechanics is constructed through the analysis of some simple ballistic experiments with an ideal spring-gun. The variation of mass with velocity, as well as the inertia of energy, follows in the context of Newton?s law of the equality and opposition of action and reaction.

Following in the footsteps of Newton in the author?s science-play The Catherine Conspiracy: or The Honest Relativity, it is seen that, apart from a single constant required to be fixed from the empirical experience, Lorentz?s length-contraction and clock-retardation postulates follow deductively and uniquely from the single Postulate of ?Relativity? alone. Newton?s path to the Gulliveresque relativity for inertial motion, involving only shooting of revolving shells, shows, from simple readily visualisable experiments and elementary considerations, the necessity of a ?velocity-twist effect? that is scarcely known.

A method for calibrating frames of reference by means of revolving shells, wherein the synchronization of the separated clocks is effected without sending any signals or transporting any clocks. The method leads to the same correlations between the rest-frame and a moving frame as those given by the Lorentz-Transformations

The Law of Power : is formally unexceptionable, but has an apparently bizarre consequence, requiring perpetual energy flows associated with the internal forces in an inertial equilibrium system - as revealed to Halley and termed the ?Halley-power-flows? here - even when the force is not transparently overcoming any resistance and nor is the state of uniform motion of the body upon which it acts is being changed by the action of the force.

An examination of the implications of the Laws of Work and Power, the perplexing energy circulations accompanying the internal forces in moving systems, and the necessities imposed by them to make relativity work in inertial systems. The analysis demonstrates that the special relativity considerations are involved not only in outlandish situations like Michelson-Morley experiment or the particle accelerators only, but are critically and intimately significant even in the everyday activities like riding in a coach.

The standard basic laws of mechanics imply the existence of elastic energy circulations associated with the internal forces and stresses in a body at rest in a moving System, even when the motion of the system is uniform and inertial, whereas no such energy circulations occur in an identical body at absolute rest. The elastic transmission of energy is attended with the emission of heat. Thus, in the case of a System in a uniform inertial motion an observer would notice an emission of heat from a stressed body at rest in the System, whereas no such emission of heat would be observed in an identical situation in a System at absolute rest. This must refute the Principle of Relativity.

Attention to prior semblance of the Electrodynamic Torque Paradox has been brought forward by one Sadanand Savarkar, physics author and researcher. The work of Professor Wolfgang Rindler is cited in Mr. Savarkar's general NPA message attachment of 13 July 2006.

An experiment involving radiation reaction is proposed wherein, with the uniquely determined Lorentz-covariant radiation damping-force, the experiment provides for the detection of the absolute uniform rectilinear inertial motion of the System from purely internal operations and observations, and therewith falsifies the Principle of Relativity. This could be avoided only with the rejection of at least some one imperative requirement of the Special Relativity Theory. This rejection of an imperative requirement of Lorentz-invariance must necessarily lead to a similar experimental detection of the absolute uniform rectilinear motion of the System in some other situation, and this would again falsify the Principle of Relativity. Thus, in any case the Principle of Relativity cannot survive. As the existence of radiation back-reaction is theoretically necessary and experimentally established, the Principle of Relativity is proved to be not viable and not tenable, and stands refuted conclusively.