{"id":3568,"date":"2015-06-16T14:01:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T14:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swatlibraries.org\/projects\/speed\/anna\/2015\/06\/16\/levitron\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:10:59","slug":"levitron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/levitron\/","title":{"rendered":"Levitron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/levitron.jpg\" alt=\"Levitron Demo Picture\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tricks to making it work<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Put just enough weight on the top so that it doesn&#8217;t lift<br \/>\noff the pad while raising top to levitation height; too much weight causes<br \/>\ntop to drop back down. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After attempting to level the base, take a few test runs<br \/>\nand observe the tops tendencies. If top tends to fly off on one particular<br \/>\nside, raise the base on that side by twisting corresponding leg.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Many people can&#8217;t spin a top- use electric top spinner. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Tricks to making it work Put just enough weight on the top so that it doesn&#8217;t lift off the pad while raising top to levitation height; too much weight causes top to drop back down. After attempting to level the base, take a few test runs and observe the tops tendencies. If top tends &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/levitron\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Levitron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,63],"tags":[203,313,433,500],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568"}],"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=3568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}