165 - The Swing of the Pendulum
Apr 12, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 165
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Episode description
We discuss one of the highly overlooked physical measurement devices, the humble pendulum. Used for everything from telling time, to defining the length of a meter, determining the gravity of the earth, and serving as a horrific torture device in Edgar Allen Poe's fiction, the pendulum has a long and proud history. Come check it out.
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