Collision Ball Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: Apparatus with an odd number of balls suspended from strings has been used for demonstrations of the conservation of momentum since the early seventeenth century. This unsigned example has eleven balls.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0182.7
label: accession number
content: 2005.0182
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0182.7
objectType: label: Object Name
content: collision ball apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.5 cm x 16 cm x 35 cm; 13 3/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 13 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; stand: 13 in x 5 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; cradle: 1 7/8 in x 13 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 34.925 cm x 11.43 cm