Free Fall and Projectile Motion

Explores from the dynamic viewpoint the behavior of freely falling bodies, leading to the proportionality of gravitational and inertial mass, the independence of vertical and horizontal components of motion, and the conclusion that Newton's law is a vector relationship. Uses slow-motion photography to study two balls dropped from a moving cart, and objects projected horizontally. Concludes with an analysis and demonstration of the "monkey and gun" problem. Lecture demonstration by Nathaniel H. Frank, M.I.T.

More in PSSC Physics Series

  1. Electromagnetic Waves 1957
  2. Long Time Intervals 1959
  3. Measuring Large Distances 1959
  4. Mechanical Energy and Thermal Energy 1959
  5. Simple Waves 1959
  6. Collisions of hard spheres 1960
  7. Conservation of Energy 1960
  8. Energy and Work 1960
  9. Frames of Reference 1960
  10. Free Fall and Projectile Motion 1960
  11. Elastic collisions and stored energy 1961
  12. Random Events (1961) 1961
  13. Sound Waves in Air 1961
  14. Emf - Electromotive Force 1962
  15. Matter Waves 1962
  16. Photoelectric effect 1962
  17. Time Dilation 1962
  18. Moving with the Center of Mass: Kinetic Energy and Momentum 1966
  19. The Ultimate Speed - An Exploration With High Energy Electrons 1966

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