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How do we measure the gravitational constant?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Torsion Balance

A torsion balance is a set of ornaments that you hang from the ceiling. The idea was by John Mitchell, a geologist who died before he could use it. Cavendish inherited this thing and did a bunch of really careful experiments.

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