Mg-1 Guinea and Feather Apparatus
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006 - Updated: Thursday 24 March 2011
Aim
To show that bodies of different mass accelerate equally under gravity.
Apparatus
- Rotary Vacuum pump
- Guinea and feather apparatus (as in diagram)
Diagrams
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Guinea and Feather Pic |
Guinea and Feather Diagram |
Videos
Guinea and Feather Evacuated |
Guinea and Feather Unevacuated |
Description
A glass tube approximately one metre in length containing a lead slug and a feather is attached to an evacuating pump. The accelerations of the objects in the tube under gravity can be observed before and after evacuation.
Two minutes evacuation is sufficient for a convincing demonstration.