HSC PHYSICS 2011 HSC PHYSICS 2011 PENDULUM MOTION BY NATHAN LOCKE Image taken from http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Experiment_480.html Pendulum Motion Aim: To determine the rate of acceleration due to gravity by using a pendulum. Background Information: Equation One: T=2πlg Where T = the period of the pendulum (s). This is the time taken for the pendulum to return to its starting position. l = length of the pendulum g = the rate of acceleration due to gravity (ms-2) * In
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the interminable agony of being tortured as a lab mouse. The best terror stories create suspense through the setting. Most of the times‚ the character does not know completely where he is or what enemy or problem he is facing. In "The Pit and the Pendulum"‚ the underground prison is dark; as a result‚ the character compares the place with hell or even his tomb. That is why at the beginning‚ during his dream-like state‚ he does not want to open his eyes and we do not know where he is either. The darkness
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“The Pit and the Pendulum” Commentary Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum”‚ is a short story of the struggled of a prisoner who has been sentenced to death‚ and placed in a dungeon. The narrator‚ who is the prisoner‚ realizes that the dungeon he is placed in is known as the Inquisition. He encounters death multiple times throughout his time in the dungeon. He nearly falls into a large pit‚ almost gets scythed by a pendulum‚ and gets pushed to the brink of the pit by burning walls‚ but merely
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The Pit and the Pendulum" was a famous piece of Gothic literature written by Edgar Allen Poe. The most pronounced element of Gothic literature would be the mood and atmosphere‚ due to Poe going so in depth to set a dark and disturbing environment for the story. One example would be the nightmare like imagery used in the beginning. "..And then my vision fell upon the seven tall candles upon the table...and seemed white slender angels...their flames went out utterly; the blackness of darkness supervened;
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The Swinging Pendulum of Prison Philosophies Brett Spratt Mr. Robert Leonik Contemporary Issues In Criminal Justice November 5‚ 2002 The corrections leg of the criminal justice system is ineffective because the efforts being made to rehabilitate criminals and keep society safe are failing substantially. The reason for the failure of the current correctional system and all correctional systems in the history of American prisons is an imbalance in the goals of criminal sentencing. These goals
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Dimensional Analysis: Investigation on bifilar suspension Ho Yuk Him (Date of experimentation :20th and 29th October‚ 2010) This paper presents a study on the application of dimensional analysis on the formulation of an equation concerning the periodic time of a rod rotating at an angle about the vertical axis suspended by two strings at each end. We find that period is inversely related to distance between the strings parallel to each other and directly proportional to the both the square root of
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The Inquisitorial vengeance had been hurried by my two-fold escape‚ and there was to be no more dallying with the King of Terrors. As the logenze came together more and more‚ I could feel the heat jumping off the walls. I stood there‚ not knowing of my death: restraint or into the pit of endless panic-stricken stories humans could die at the discern of. The devil eyes that have stared at me with phlogiston before‚ had a look of trepidation struck once again in the devilish depths of their pupils
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Ballistic pendulum designed experiment Aim: to investigate how the mass of the projectile affects distance on the motion of a wooden block it strikes Hypothesis: the heavier the projectile the further the distance will be covered by the wooden block Variables: variables Identification Manipulation Independent Mass of projectile The four different masses will be used in different combinations Dependent distance Measured using tape measure Controlled 1. Height of retort stand 2. Release angle
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Department of Chemistry Properties of Gases Date Submitted: June 16‚ 2013 Date Performed: June 13‚ 2010 Lab Section: Chem-181 DL Course Instructor: Purpose In this lab‚ I will be investigating some physical and chemical properties of gases and
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bleak time where people were accused of being unfaithful to the Christian faith and death was not merely the loss of life but an endless endeavor toward insanity through torture. Edgar Allan Poe uses this instance and condition in "The Pit and the Pendulum." Throughout the story the question of the narrator’s reliability is brought up through his references to madness‚ his suicide attempts‚ and his references to his own death. Through the story‚ the reader sees many events showing the narrator’s
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