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Acceleration Galileo's Inclined Plane

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Buzz Putnam

In Galileo’s time, stopwatches had not been invented. He needed a way to measure the short time it took for a ball to roll down an incline. The set-up you will use is nearly identical to what Galileo would have used. Just like Galileo, students will measure the time it takes for a ball to roll down an incline by the amount of water released during the roll.

This post was posted in Labs, Motion and was tagged with acceleration, inclined plane, Galileo, Galileo's Timer

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