Galileo used an inclined plane to determine the rate of acceleration due to Earth's gravity. In one experiment, he changed the pitch of the plane, but not its height.

In this feature, you'll get a sampling of Galileo's thought experiments and conduct virtual versions of his experiments, including those using an inclined plane and a pendulum.

and he rolled bronze balls down inclined planes a thousand ways to derive the rate of acceleration in free fall. Through such pursuits, Galileo discovered and described phenomena that generations ...

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