Book: # 3

Page: # 18

Centripetal Ball 

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Centripetal Ball Apparatus

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THE PROCEDURE:
A ball is held to a mechanical arm which rotates with a constant angular velocity.  After the arm swings around for a short time, a razor is raised which cuts the string that holds the ball to the swing arm.  The ball is set free from the arm.  It proceeds to travel in a path perpendicular to the arm at the point of detachment.


 

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