Length and Time
- Created by: Phelps
- Created on: 18-12-13 16:23
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- Length and Time
- Length
- Rules (align eyes with position being measured)
- Small distances
- Micrometer
- Fixed scale + Scale on revolving barrel (decimal on front)
- Vernier
- Highest scale division (above 0) + where divisions coincide (decimal point in front)
- Micrometer
- Time
- Clock (reaction time)
- Short Interval of time
- e.g. Period of a pendulum
- Period = time taken for a complete swing
- Period = Time for n oscillations / n
- e.g. Time for 10 oscillations / 10
- Multiple measurements taken and then averaged
- e.g. Period of a pendulum
- Length
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