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Clip 4: Galileo's inclined plane experiment
Duration: 00:02:35
Date: 1971

In this clip from S100 the main steps of Galileo's inclined plane experiment are described.  The experiment was used to prove Galileo's basic hypothesis that a body falling freely did so with constant acceleration. View clip 4 from S100 programme 1.

Today the Open University offers free learning resources around this topic. You might want to explore the following OpenLearn resources.

Motion under gravity

Describing motion along a line

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