{"id":3618,"date":"2015-06-16T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T14:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swatlibraries.org\/projects\/speed\/anna\/2015\/06\/16\/shoot-the-monkey\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:10:55","slug":"shoot-the-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/shoot-the-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot the Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/hit-the-falling-target.jpg\" alt=\"Shoot the Monkey Demo Picture\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Purpose: Show that the effect of gravity on the launched<br \/>\nball&#8217;s vertical motion is equivalent to the effect of gravity on the monkey&#8217;s<br \/>\nvertical motion; i.e. they fall at the same rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Here are some videos of this very demo. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4TZi8W9y9q0\">Real time<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yeSUPdnLiMQ\">Slow-motion<\/a>, and \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NaixcgqDn9g\">Slow-motion face on.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Located in L02, section B3.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Some tips for setting up this demo in SC 199 (Cunniff):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up everything on the right side of the room (as you face the front). Clamp the target holder to the top rail of the outermost of the movable boards,\u00a0about halfway across the length. (The large right angle clamp will be at an\u00a0odd angle, but that&#8217;s okay. Attach the larger of the two rods to this clamp,\u00a0then put the little right angle clamp about 1\/2 to 2\/3 of the way out on this\u00a0rod.<\/li>\n<li>Next, attach the smaller rod. And, finally, clamp the target holder to\u00a0the small rod. Attach the metal target plate (w\/optional monkey) to the magnetic release,\u00a0and slowly raise the board as high as it will go.<\/li>\n<li>Clamp the launcher to the front edge, right corner, of the front center table.\u00a0Look through the back of the launcher to aim it. (Angle should be about 28\u00a0degrees.)<\/li>\n<li>Remember to keep the trigger box disarmed while loading the launcher! And,\u00a0of course, flip the switch to &#8220;Armed&#8221; before launching the ball!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Purpose: Show that the effect of gravity on the launched ball&#8217;s vertical motion is equivalent to the effect of gravity on the monkey&#8217;s vertical motion; i.e. they fall at the same rate. Here are some videos of this very demo. In\u00a0Real time, \u00a0Slow-motion, and \u00a0Slow-motion face on. Located in L02, section B3. Some tips &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/shoot-the-monkey\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shoot the Monkey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[547,6,52],"tags":[264,351,446],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618"}],"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=3618"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5232,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions\/5232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}