Novel torsion balance for the measurement of the Newtonian gravitational constant

Metrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-249

  Quinn, T J ^a   Speake, C C ^b   Davis, R S ^a  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVILY LOADED TORSION STRIP; NEWTONIAN GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; TORSION BALANCE;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TORQUE; TORSIONAL STRESS;

MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031357209     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/34/3/6     Document Type: Article

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