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We study the experiment with balls rolling down an inclined plane that Galileo reports in Two new sciences. We especially study the spectrum of outcomes that the experiment produces when the parameters are varied. e-books
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»Galileo’s inclined plane (Paolo Palmieri , Eric Hatleback) |
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We study Galileo’s experiments with pendulums following a new approach. Our pendulum apparatus is as faithful as possible to that used by Galileo, although he says very little about it. In addition, it is equipped with modern electronics and data acquisition systems which we use to build a computer model of the apparatus. The computer model is used to extend our conclusions. e-books |
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We study a little known yet ingenious experiment that Galileo offers. This is narrated in the “Added Day” of his monumental work, the celebrated Two New Sciences. Galileo provides the experiment based on a “percussion balance” to investigate the force of impact. |
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»Galileo’s pendulums (Paolo Palmieri) |
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»Galileo’s percussion balance (Eric Haltleback) |
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We study Coulomb’s electric torsion balance experiment of 1785 through a historically more accurate replication than hitherto attempted, as well as through analysis of relevant texts. W show that (1) it has so far proved impossible to obtain the same results reported by Coulomb in his paper of 1785, (2) Coulomb’s published results are most likely atypical, and (3) electric torsion balance experiments degenerate quickly when parameters are gradually altered. e-books |
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»Coulomb’s Electric Torsion Balance Experiments (Paolo Palmieri, Elay Shech, Eric Hatleback) |