Article ID: CBB000045103

A note on the Blackburn pendulum (1991)

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Description On the history of the “Blackburn pendulum”, a device for demonstrating harmonic motion. A biographical sketch of Hugh Blackburn (1823-1909) is included.


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Authors & Contributors
Kua, Ja Hyon
Wittje, Roland
Barbieri, Patrizio
Fowler, David
Hiebert, Elfrieda
Hiebert, Erwin N.
Journals
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Foundations of Science
Publishers
Springer
The MIT Press
University of Chicago Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft
Gangemi Editore
Concepts
Acoustics
Music
Sound
Physics
Mathematics
Experiments and experimentation
People
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Einstein, Albert
Fokker, Adriaan Daniël
Ohm, Georg Simon
Planck, Max
Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Renaissance
Places
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Europe
London (England)
Norway
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