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Pendulum Isochronism Letter

Italy · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Galileo Galilei19 November 1602

Science / Physics

Galileo writes to Guidobaldo del Monte describing his principle that pendulums of equal length have approximately equal periods.

Names involved

Galileo Galilei

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