Determination of G by means of a beam balance

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-248

  Nolting, Frithjof ^a   Schurr, Jürgen ^a   Kündig, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beam balance; Fundamental constant; Gravitational constant; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342585234     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769574     Document Type: Article

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