Measuring the Acceleration Due to Gravity: An Experiment Galileo Could Have Run.

Mentzer, Robert G.

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ERIC Number: EJ309105

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Publication Date: 1984

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Measuring the Acceleration Due to Gravity: An Experiment Galileo Could Have Run.

Mentzer, Robert G.

Physics Teacher, v22 n9 p580-81 Dec 1984

Today students routinely measure the acceleration due to gravity (g) with strobes and high-speed photography. However, it is possible to measure g using equipment and reasoning available to Galileo. Such an experiment (and the equipment needed) is described. (JN)

Descriptors: Acceleration (Physics), Gravity (Physics), High Schools, Physics, Science Education, Science Equipment, Science Experiments, Secondary School Science

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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