Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 1/5, 1897

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            Kompaß. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s675" xml:space="preserve">Nun brachte er an beiden Enden der Stahlſtange
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            zwei kleine Kugeln aus Metall an, die gleich ſchwer waren,
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            wodurch die Stahlſtange auf jeder Seite gleich ſtark von der
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            Erde angezogen wurde und daher immer wagerecht liegen
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            blieb, wie der Balken einer Wage, wenn gleiche Gewichte in
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            den Schalen liegen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s676" xml:space="preserve">Dadurch wurde zwar die Anziehungskraft
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            der Erde nicht aufgehoben, aber ſie wurde durch die Gleichheit
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            der Gewichte ausgeglichen und alſo für ſeinen Apparat un-
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            wirkſam.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s678" xml:space="preserve">Nunmehr ſtellte er zwei große, ſehr ſchwere Metallkugeln
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            ſo zu beiden Seiten der Stahlſtange auf, daß die kleinen
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            Kugeln an der Stange ihnen ſehr nahe waren, ohne ſie jedoch
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            zu berühren. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s679" xml:space="preserve">Die Anziehungskraft der großen Kugeln begann
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            nun zu wirken und zog die kleinen Kugeln ſo an, daß ſie in
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            der nächſten Nähe der großen Kugeln ruhen blieben. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s680" xml:space="preserve">Wenn
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            der Beobachter nun durch einen leiſen Stoß die kleinen Kugeln
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            von ihrem Ruhepunkt entfernte, ſo zogen die großen Kugeln die
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            kleinen wieder zurück; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s681" xml:space="preserve">aber da ſie im Lauf nicht inne halten
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            konnten, gingen ſie über den Ruhepunkt hinaus, wurden dann
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            wiederum zurück angezogen und begannen ebenſo gegen die
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            großen Kugeln zu pendeln, wie ein Pendel es thut, wenn die
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            Erde darauf die Anziehungskraft ausübt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s682" xml:space="preserve">Freilich war dieſe
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            Anziehungskraft außerordentlich ſchwach gegen die der Erde
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            und deshalb war auch die Schwingung dieſes Pendels bei
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            weitem langſamer, als die des gewöhnlichen Pendels; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s683" xml:space="preserve">aber
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            gerade dies mußte auch ſein, und aus der Langſamkeit der
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            Schwingung oder aus der geringen Zahl der Schwingungen
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            im Verlauf eines Tages berechnete Cavendiſh das wirkliche
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            Gewicht der Erde.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s685" xml:space="preserve">Allein ſolch ein Verſuch iſt mit außerordentlichen Schwierig-
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            keiten verbunden, denn auch nur die leiſeſte Ausdehnung der
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            Kugeln oder der Stange durch die Wärme ändert das Reſultat,
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            auch mußte er in einem Raume vorgenommen werden, wo </s>
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