The Pin & the Pendulum

1M40.15

Show (with the help of a horizontal 2m stick) that the height the ball rises to is the same on both sides.

Good for demonstrating conservation of mechanical energy. can also be used in connection with Galileo's argument an the law of inertia:


For more see: Freier and Anderson Mr-3

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