Introduction: The study of the ballistic pendulum began with Benjamin Robins in the early 1700 ’s. Robins was an English mathematician and writer on ballistics‚ and used this testing apparatus for the evaluation of the strength of gunpowder and the measurement of air resistance (Calvert‚ 2006). At the time of the American Revolution a loyalist named Benjamin Thompson also utilized and expanded the use to the ballistic pendulum. He further evaluated the efficiency of gunpowder. He fired from
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1940s‚ through the Great Depression‚ and World War Two. While similar to jazz‚ swing is more up-beat and carries a more definite rhythm. It helped guide us through the Great Depression‚ World War II and the post-war recession. Although the music differentiated from the attitude and lifestyles of most people due to economic recession and war‚ it only enhances the representation of perseverance across America. In both swing and jazz the beat and tempo of the music is primarily what gave such life to
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basic golf swing. The better the player is at putting the golf club on the golf ball‚ the lower their score is going to be. Of course‚ learning to do that is no small task. The basic golf swing often violates the kinetics of how the body normally functions. After factoring in the notion a golfer is trying to hit a golf ball with a "sweet spot" on the club of about one inch‚ it becomes easier to understand why so few individuals can make a living with a golf club. The Basic Golf Swing Due to several
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Pendulum Raiyan Hassan SPH3U September 20‚ 2011 Introduction A pendulum is a device which consists of a mass attached to a string from a frictionless pivot which allows it to swing back and forth. In this experiment‚ the time it takes for a pendulum to go through a period is going to be measured. The time it takes for a pendulum to go through one period can depend on factors such as the length of the string‚ mass‚ or the degree in which the pendulum is released from (amplitude). In this
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9.2 T1P: Pendulum Practical Report Aim: To determine the value of gravitation acceleration using the motion of a pendulum. Identify the causes in variation of this value. Equipment: * Slotted Weight * Retort Stand * Sticky Tape * Clamp * String * 1 metre ruler * Timer Method: * 1. Gather required equipment. * 2. Place retort stand onto table and tightly secure the clamp * 3. Tie the slotted weight onto one end of the string‚ and wrap the other end
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Claire Raines Period 4 3-12-12 Benny Goodman‚ The Swing King Considered one of the greatest jazz players ever‚ Benjamin David Goodman‚ or Benny Goodman‚ was called the King of Swing. The ninth child of eleven was ten or so when he picked up the clarinet. After a year he was performing impressions of Ted Lewis for a little pocket money. When he was fourteen he was playing for a band that featured the famous Bix Beiderbecke. By sixteen he was known as far as the west coast and was invited
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Throughout the book; Swing the Sickle for the Harvest is Ripe‚ Berry covers a lot of the issues such slavery and bondage. She shows how complicated life is for a slave and the slave holders. The gender‚ labor and social relationship throughout Georgia around the mid-1800s. Many words were used to describe how gender played a role throughout the book: “skilled and unskilled”. The two counties that was in the book was Wilkes‚ and Glynn Counties. These two counties had different slave systems. Wilkes
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is comfortable with. For example‚ a person might be able to swing a light bat at 45m/s but a heavier bat at 38m/s‚ therefore in theory the lighter bat would take a ball further because it has more velocity to transfer to the ball‚ right? Not quite‚ a heavier bat packs much more momentum and energy‚ so the force from that would make the ball go further‚ so the trick is actually swinging the heaviest bat that feels comfortable to swing‚ because when trying to hit the ball out of the field‚ this
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The Inverted Pendulum is inherently unstable‚ higher order multi-variable and highly coupled system which can be treated as typical non-linear control problem. [1] This is the benchmark for designing‚ testing‚ evaluating and comparing of different classical and contemporary control methods. The control of IP has been a research interest in the field of control engineering because it is the most difficult system being an inherently unstable and highly nonlinear. So this system became a choice of dynamic
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In Poe’s story the “The Pit and the Pendulum” he distinctively uses symbolism‚ repetition‚ mood and diction to tell a tale of hope over circumstance to make this story come to life for the reader. Unlike the hypersensitive characters from other stories‚ such as the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” this narrator claims to lose the capacity of sensation during the swoon upon receiving his death sentence that opens the story. This story is different from Poe’s other works such as this narrator remains
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