{"id":3515,"date":"2015-06-16T14:01:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T14:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swatlibraries.org\/projects\/speed\/anna\/2015\/06\/16\/smash-your-hand\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:11:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:11:03","slug":"smash-your-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/smash-your-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash Your Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Smash-Hand-2.jpg\" alt=\"Smash your hand demo picture\" width=\"366\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/hammer_brick_candy.jpg\" alt=\"Smash your hand demo picture\" width=\"366\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Demonstrate inertia of rest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lay your hand flat on a table top then gently\u00a0rest a lead brick on top of it, being careful\u00a0not to\u00a0placing too much weight on the knuckles. Strike the top of the brick with the hammer. If done properly, demonstrator should be able to hit with nearly full force without hurting hand. <strong>Please practice before performing in class using light blows, then steadily increase force.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alternatively, rest lead brick on a piece of hard candy, then whack with hammer. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lead brick absorbs the blow, leaving the candy (or hand) undamaged.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Located in L02; section B3.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lead brick in demo room is covered with duct tape for safety<br \/>\nand ease of use.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Demonstrate inertia of rest. Lay your hand flat on a table top then gently\u00a0rest a lead brick on top of it, being careful\u00a0not to\u00a0placing too much weight on the knuckles. Strike the top of the brick with the hammer. If done properly, demonstrator should be able to hit with nearly full force without hurting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/smash-your-hand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smash Your Hand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,53],"tags":[270,291,421,453],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3515"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6400,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions\/6400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}