Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century / Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966

by Victor F. Lenzen; Robert P. Multhauf

Frank A. Taylor
Director, United States National Museum

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Contributions from
The Museum of History and Technology:
Paper 44
Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century

Victor F. Lenzen and Robert P. Multhauf

GALILEO, HUYGENS, AND NEWTON [304]

FIGURE OF THE EARTH [306]

EARLY TYPES OF PENDULUMS [309]

KATER’S CONVERTIBLE AND INVARIABLE PENDULUMS [314]

REPSOLD-BESSEL REVERSIBLE PENDULUM [320]