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Name: Galileo and the Pendulum
ID: m11929
Language: English (en)
Summary: A brief history of Galileo and the pendulum.
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: Galileo, harmonic oscillator, isochronism, Pendulum, Science, Vincenzo Viviani
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Albert Van Helden (helden@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Albert Van Helden (helden@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Albert Van Helden (helden@rice.edu), Robert Ahlfinger (ahlfing@rice.edu)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: May 11, 2004 2:08 pm -0500
Last revision to module: May 24, 2004 4:38 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.3 May 24, 2004 4:38 pm -0500 by Robert Ahlfinger
Changes: 
link cite and keyword  fix
Version: 1.2 May 24, 2004 9:14 am -0500 by Robert Ahlfinger
Changes: 
Initial publication for the Galileo Project.
Version: 1.1 May 11, 2004 2:11 pm -0500 by Robert Ahlfinger
Changes: 
Initial publishing

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