Atwood Machine (top)
notes: label: Description
content: George Atwood, a mathematics tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, described this type of instrument in 1784, explaining its use for verifying the laws of motion with constant acceleration. The Atwood machine soon became a common piece of classroom apparatus, suitable for teaching classical mechanics. This top of an Atwood machine came from the Department of Physics at the University of Virginia.
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content: Ref: George Atwood, <i>A Treatise on the Rectilinear Motion and Rotation of Bodies, with a Description of Original Experiments Relative to the Subject</i> (Cambridge, 1784).
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content: William Barton Rogers, <i>Elements of Mechanical Philosophy, for the Use of Junior Students of the University of Virginia</i> (Boston, 1852), pp. 121-123.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: University of Virginia
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.323387
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content: 323387
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content: 251562
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content: demonstration apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/4 in x 10 in; 36.195 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 36.5125 cm x 24.765 cm