George Atwood's machine for demonstrating the effect of gravity on falling bodies, c1780 by Unknown

George Atwood's machine for demonstrating the effect of gravity on falling bodies, c1780

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George Atwood's machine for demonstrating the effect of gravity on falling bodies, c1780

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George Atwood's machine for demonstrating and investigating the effect of gravity on falling bodies, c1780. Atwood (1746-1807), an English mathematician, devised his machine as an experiment to verify the mechanical laws of uniformly accelerated motion. It consists of two masses connected by an inelastic string over a massless pulley.

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  • Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images

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