Sean Thomas: For me to offer a correction to you sir, is like trying to correst Isaac Newton or someone, but here goes. I think you meant to refer to the hinges being vertical rather than the boom being horizontal. respectfully, Jack Sandgathe At 01:59 PM 2/15/00 -0600, you wrote: >Dewayne, >........IF the boom is exactly horizontal, it will experience NO gravitational restoring >force, so it will swing back and forth aimlessly. If the mass end is lowered slightly, it will >swing in a shallow curve in the gravitational field, with the minimum being at the bottom or center >of the swing. > _____________________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
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