Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century
by Victor F. Lenzen
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About this eBook
- Author
- Multhauf, Robert P., 1919-2004
- Title
- Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Louise Pattison, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Q: Science
- Subject
- Pendulum
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 35024
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35024
- Release Date
- January 21, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber’s Note: — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 240 — Contributions from The Museum of History and Technology : Paper 44 Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century
- 2.DEVELOPMENT OF GRAVITY PENDULUMS IN THE 19th CENTURY — Galileo, Huygens, and Newton — Figure of the Earth — Early Types of Pendulums — Kater’s Convertible and Invariable Pendulums — Repsold-Bessel Reversible Pendulum — Peirce and Defforges Invariable, Reversible Pendulums — Von Sterneck and Mendenhall Pendulums — Absolute Value of Gravity at Potsdam — Application of Gravity Surveys — Summary — FOOTNOTES: — INDEX — Transcriber’s Corrections
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