Pendulum
notes: label: Description
content: Brass gravity pendulum with a conical bob, and inscription on the box that reads "Kater Pendulum No. 8 - U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey." Henry Kater (1777-1835) was a British physicist who used pendulums to measure the local acceleration of gravity.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of Commerce. Coast and Geodetic Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319530
label: catalog number
content: 319530
label: accession number
content: 239023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pendulum
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 1/2 in x 30 in; 102.87 cm x 76.2 cm