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Physics 103 Setup Details:
Measuring g with a Simple Pendulum
(click each photo for a larger image)
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Room setup

Photogate timer configuration

Timer beam is tripped by small cylinder
(coaxial cable core) on string

Thread string between small metal piece
and pendulum bracket; tighten thumb screw

Instructors demo (front view)

Instructors demo (side view)

Configuration of clamps

Knife-edge clamp holds the two
pendulum clamps together

Hang pendula so that their center of mass
is aligned

Pendula will swing in sync

Setup, viewed from above

Forces on bracket

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Revised: 16 May 2017 Canton, NY 13617