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On the Adjustment of Kater’s Pendulum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

A. O. Allen
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The measurement of the acceleration due to gravity by means of the compound pendulum is a very common laboratory experiment; but there are certain simple principles involved in the theory of it which are not, as it seems to me, sufficiently emphasized by teachers, and which are not stated (at all events explicitly) in any text-book known to me. It may be of use to some to enunciate them here, and to shew their importance both to the instrument-maker and the student.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 3 , Issue 57 , May 1906 , pp. 307 - 313
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1906

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page 307 note * I suppose that the rule for differentiating xm has been proved independently of the binomial theorem; the proofs which depend on the binomial (for indices which are not positive integers) appear to me objectionable in every way, at least for beginners.