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Cylinder on inclined plane
When placed on the inclined plane, this wooden cylinder tends to roll upward, coming to a halt at a well-determined position. Because of this apparently absurd phenomenon, the apparatus (like the climbing cone inv. 3387) was classified as a "mechanical paradox." Actually, the cylinder conceals [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mechanics
- mechanics (physics)
Type of item
- Simple machines
- Inclined plane
- Mechanical paradox
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300167846
Medium
- wood
- Wood
- wood (plant material)
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- second half 18th cent.
- 1800
- 1751
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:417020
Extent
- diameter 140 mm, height 235 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/CenterGravity.html
Year
- 1751
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy