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DCS# 1L10.30NWU# M-50Location:    3 B 6
title: Gravitational Torsion Balance
aka: Cavendish Balance

Description:
Actual lab equipment, but the experiment takes more than a lecture period to complete, so this is a demonstration of how it can be done.  Shine a laser on the mirror to show the optical level action.

Questions:
    Would this work on the moon? (ie. with lower gravity?)
    What does the time period of oscillation depend on?
   
pix of set up