Show Me The Physics - Galileo's Bells

Pisa, 1604 • Galileo's Discovery Lab

Galileo Galilei struggled to measure the "rate of falling." Clocks were too slow, so he turned to music.

When bells are spaced at perfectly equal distances, does the sphere strike them in a steady rhythm? Listen to his famous experiment...


Show Me The Physics - Galileo's Bells

Mission: Arrange the bells to cause them to ring at perfectly equal intervals.
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