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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke

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From: Ian@SI3/26/2012 2:23:11 AM
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OT: Not a joke but a most fascinating video.

sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu

SOMETHING TO AMAZE YOU...

Pendulums with various lengths

You may recall from a Mechanics course that the period of a pendulum is proportional to the square root of the length of the line suspending the weight - i.e., the longer the pendulum, the slower it swings.

Harvard students built a device with a series of 15 pendulums in a row, each one slightly longer than its neighbor, then set them in motion and filmed the result.

The resulting patterns in this short video are quite fascinating to watch.


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