compound pendulum

nounPhysics.

Origin of compound pendulum

First recorded in 1820–30

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The formula may be easily verified in the case of the compound pendulum, or of the solid rolling down an incline.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8 | Various
This includes the case of a compound pendulum in which the knife-edge is replaced by a cylindrical pin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8 | Various
He made many improvements in the mechanism of clocks, the greatest of which was the compound pendulum.
Time Telling through the Ages | Harry Chase Brearley
The convertible compound pendulum had been conceived prior to its realization by Kater.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 | Anonymous
During the century, however, the compound pendulum came to be preferred for absolute and relative determinations.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 | Anonymous

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