pendulum clock.
Text, design, and layout by Megan Wilde for the Electronic Text Center. This biography is based upon information culled from The Galileo Project website.
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1581, Galileo began studying at the University of Pisa University of Pisa,
where his father hoped he would study medicine. While at the University
of Pisa, Galileo began his study of the pendulum
while, according to legend, he watched a suspended lamp swing back and forth
in the cathedral of Pisa. However, it was not until 1602 that Galileo made
his most notable discovery about the pendulum - the period (the time in
which a pendulum swings back and forth) does not depend on the arc of the
swing (the isochronism). Eventually, this discovery would lead to Galileo's
further study of time intervals and the development of his idea for a pendulum clock. |
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Text, design, and layout by Megan Wilde for the Electronic Text Center. This biography is based upon information culled from The Galileo Project website. |