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Whirling Table
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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An estimate of U.S. Military Academy expenses for the year 1841 included $140 for a whirling table “for illustrating the theory of central forces, and for showing experimentally the law of the planetary motions and of gravitation.” This is probably that instrument.
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Credit lineWhirling Table. National Museum of American History. CC0.
