Student-friendly precision pendulum

Physics Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 390-393

  Peters, Randall D ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kater pendulum; Latitude; Longitude; Pendulum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006511937     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.880328     Document Type: Article

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