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Full Circle Pendulum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

D. Stanley-Jones*
Affiliation:
Buckshend, Townshend, Hayle, Cornwall

Extract

A weight is suspended by a rigid rod from frictionless bearings which allow it unimpeded travel of 360° in either direction. The pendulum swings in vacuo, and is kept in motion by electro-magnetic impulses at its lowest point, monitored (as regards direction of impulse) by two photo-electric cells, on either side of bottom-centre.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1969

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