C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
- C4-34
- Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass
- Light and heavy balls are weighed using the spring scale. When they are dropped simultaneously from a height of about ten feet, they accelerate downward at the same rate (the acceleration of gravity) and reach the floor at the same time. A wooden board acts as a sound board to amplify the sound when they reach the floor.
- C4, OS0