The Paraconical Pendulum - First Time Mounted to the Ceiling
Here you can see the pendulum mounted to the ceiling for the first time: A view of the ring and support from below: A close-up of the ring and ball support and flat: The support as seen from the side: A similar picture of the support for our second pendulum (which was set up in the adjoining room): The second pendulum hanging from its support: Right-click here to download a 20MB movie of the first pendulum swinging from its support for the first time. Our job now was to build a sighting table and a release mechanism... Back to the description of setting up the English paraconical pendulums in Sarawak. Back to the website main page.