{"id":3629,"date":"2015-06-16T14:01:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T14:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swatlibraries.org\/projects\/speed\/anna\/2015\/06\/16\/simultaneaous-drop\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:10:54","slug":"simultaneaous-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/simultaneaous-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Simultaneous Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/drop-and-shoot_b.jpg\" alt=\"Simultaneous Drop demo picture\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/drop-_-shoot.jpg\" alt=\"Simultaneaous Drop demo picture 2\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Purpose: Show that an object&#8217;s acceleration, under the influence<br \/>\nof gravity, is un-effected by the objects velocity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cock mechanism; place pin in hole to keep cocked; place balls<br \/>\non ends; release pin to eject balls. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One ball drops vertically, with zero initial velocity; other<br \/>\nball launched horizontally. Balls hit floor simultaneously.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Located in L02, section B3<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Purpose: Show that an object&#8217;s acceleration, under the influence of gravity, is un-effected by the objects velocity. Cock mechanism; place pin in hole to keep cocked; place balls on ends; release pin to eject balls. One ball drops vertically, with zero initial velocity; other ball launched horizontally. Balls hit floor simultaneously. Located in L02, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2015\/06\/simultaneaous-drop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simultaneous Drop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[547,6,52],"tags":[202,264,448,523],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629"}],"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=3629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5263,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629\/revisions\/5263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}