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| valign="top"| The Apollo astronauts conducted the now famous experiment where the drop a hammer and a feather on the moon. Due to the lack of atmosphere the two objects fall together under only the influence of gravity.
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| valign="top"| This clip shows how the mass of a metre rule can be determined by using moments. It is a very simple experiment that you can easily try out yourself.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbNazqkG1M
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk
 

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Finding the Mass of a Metre Rule
Image:Rule.JPG This clip shows how the mass of a metre rule can be determined by using moments. It is a very simple experiment that you can easily try out yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbNazqkG1M


Feather and Ball in a Vacuum
Image:Vacuum.jpg This video clip compares the motion of a ball and a feather, when falling through the atmosphere and when falling in a vacuum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJcZ-KoL9o


Feather and Ball in a Vacuum
Image:Vacuum.jpg This video clip compares the motion of a ball and a feather, when falling through the atmosphere and when falling in a vacuum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJcZ-KoL9o