In this feature, you'll get a sampling of Galileo's thought experiments and conduct virtual versions of his experiments, including those using an inclined plane and a pendulum.

Description: The length of a pendulum is shortened in mid swing by the string hitting a peg placed below the support. The bob swings to the height from which it was released. from Galileo Galilei ...

The Foucault pendulum which was displayed for many years in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History was removed in late 1998 to make room for the Star-Spangled Banner Preservation ...