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Rh Note on the Gravity Experiment

The arrangement described on p. 22 is called a "Peaucellier Cell," and can be used to draw a straight line. It was Sir G. H. Darwin who first pointed out that it could be used to illustrate gravity.

Notice that (Fig. 8)

Since KA and AS are a string and a rod of constant