I have two identical lead balls each on a scale which indicates that have identical weights. However, one ball & scale is in a chamber that I use a vacuum pump to reduce the pressure in the chamber as low as achievable.
Test it out.
What you need to remember though is, a scale plate and mechanism inside a evacuation chamber can alter.
There's an experiment already on youtube if you want to look.
Now compare scale with lead ball outside the chamber to the scale with the lead ball inside the chamber. It's testable and repeatable and it would instantly confirm or refute your theory. I bet my paycheck they will indicate the same weight.
Mike
I bet they would show different. I know this for sure but they still don't prove anything due to the scales being manipulated by the evacuation of pressure.
Ok. How about if each ball is in a chamber and each chamber is on a scale. According to your unfounded theory, if we reduce the pressure in one chamber the scales must read different weights. That won't happen.
Mike
The atmosphere alters the scales.... in his logic...
Also, if you do these tests underwater.... the scale may or may not be altered as well... it depends what you are weighing and how good your point is. And Submarines cannot stay underwater for longer than a couple of days. Because you run out of air...
My point is the scale is outside the chamber. Therefore the scale will read the weight of the chamber and it's contents. The scale is external so is unaffected.
Mike
But you are transferring atmosphere from the container to the external so you change nothing other than placing that atmosphere back onto the chamber.
To make it easier for you to understand.
Imagine you live underwater. Imagine that your water is your atmosphere.
You have a chamber and it's obviously full of your water as is everything around you.
You push water away from the chamber to allow the water inside to escape. (we must assume water can expand and contract like atmosphere).
Ok so you push the water away from the chamber and that water is now added into the surrounding water and is now adding more pressure to the external chamber, with the internal chamber being weaker in terms of withstanding the pressure due to no equilibrium.