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Timed Free Fall -- Lecture Hall
M-c3a



A metal ball is dropped from 1m and then from 4m into a catch bucket; a precise digital timer records the time of flight for each fall. [May conflict with Shoot-the-Monkey or Balls Shot and Dropped.]


Fishbane Chapter:   2.5
HRW 9th:   2.09
Reese Chapter:   3.7
SJ 3rd Chapter:   2.7
PIRA DCS classification:   1C30.100

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University