B1-15: TOPPLING CYLINDERS

ID Code: B1-15
Purpose: Illustrate stable and unstable equilibrium in a surprising way
Description: The tilted cylinder at the left topples when the top is added, the classical toppling tower demonstration. The vertical cylinder in the center topples when the top is removed, due to the presence of two heavy balls in the hollow cylinder. The tilted cylinder at the right topples when the top is removed and replaced, due to a weighted top which is rotated when it is replaced. Note that all three cylinders are constructed from the same tubing, and that none has a bottom.
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