Source: NOVA: "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens" This resource can be found on the NOVA: "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens" Web site. The motion of objects fascinated Galileo throughout his life ...

In trying to think of an older example, the thing that came to mind was the pendulum experiments carried out by Galileo and others (notably Riccioli and Mersenne), seeking to establish whether the ...

Experiment with three pendulums that are 1-ft, 2.25-ft, and 9-ft long. Determine how many times the 2.25-ft and 9-ft pendulums swing during the time it takes the 1-ft pendulum to swing 30 times.

After decades of experiments with the pendulum, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) conceived of a pendulum clock that could be used to determine longitude at sea. Near the end of his life, blind and in ...

Description: The length of a pendulum is shortened in mid swing by the string hitting a peg placed below the support. The bob swings to the height from which it was released. from Galileo Galilei ...

Central to my analysis is the idea that Galileo’s pendulum experiments serve to secure the reference of his theoretical models in actually occurring cases of free fall. In this way, Galileo’s ...

Object Details Author Newton, Roger G Contents Biological timekeeping : the body's rhythms -- Calendar : different drummers -- Early clocks : home-made beats -- The pendulum clock : the beat of nature ...

One of the more precise pendulum experiments was performed in 1990 by Tom Kuusela. Kuusela found no effect to within 1 part in 4 million.

Dušan I. Bjelic, Lebenswelt Structures of Galilean Physics: The Case of Galileo's Pendulum, Human Studies, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct., 1996), pp. 409-432 ...