INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE TIME PERIOD OF A SIMPLE PENDULUM I will begin with an explanation of motions and Galileo's discovery of motion under gravity: Galileo's insight was that all bodies fall equally fast in a gravitational field. "Falling in space,"" means simply following the orbit under gravity. There is no need for this "falling" to be ... to its starting position (mean position). This is called an oscillation. The pendulum has been used as a precise time measuring device since early in recorded history. It is said that Galileo used to swing of a candle chandelier to ...

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