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- Title
Types of Two-Dimensional Pendulums and Their Uses in Education.
- Authors
Whitaker, Robert J.
- Abstract
Pendulums which swing in two dimensions simultaneously and are designed to leave a record of their motion are termed `harmonographs'. The curves which they draw are known, alternatively, as `Bowditch curves' or `Lissajous curves'. A variety of designs of harmonographs have been invented over the years. These may be a `Y-suspended' `simple' pendulum, or they may be a complex `physical' pendulum system. Harmonographs have been built as demonstration apparatus in physics (or mathematics) or as `art' machines for enjoying the aesthetics of the curves produced.
- Subjects
PENDULUMS; MOTION; MECHANICS (Physics); HARMONOGRAPHS; SCIENCE; EDUCATION
- Publication
Science & Education, 2004, Vol 13, Issue 4/5, p401
- ISSN
0926-7220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:SCED.0000041830.98845.5f