The Pendulum in Ancient Metrology

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    • #1 Pendulum Accuracy
    • # 2 Astronomical Options
    • # 3 Historical Record
    • #4 The Venus Correction
    • # 5 An Experimental Pendulum
    • # 6 Gravitational Constant
    • # 7 Developing the Foot from the Pendulum

Using a Pendulum to find the distance to the Moon

Newly discovered properties of the simple pendulum

March 9, 2012 · astronomy,

Last summer, while visiting the California wine country with my wife, I awoke from a dream about an ancient Astronomer who used a long pendulum to prove that the Earth was spinning around once each day and not the stars. He tasked a young assistant to give the pendulum a gentle push now and then […]

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