Pendulum: Rich physics from a simple system
Journal Article
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· Am. J. Phys.; (United States)
We provide a comprehensive discussion of the corrections needed to accurately measure the acceleration of gravity using a plane pendulum. A simple laboratory experiment is described in which g was determined to four significant figures of accuracy.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76ER00881
- OSTI ID:
- 6285525
- Journal Information:
- Am. J. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 54:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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