Re: [Phys-L] Cavendish

[Matthew Heaney <matthewjheaney@gmail.com>]

Cavendish measured the torque, right?  Once you know the torque, you can
compute the force from tau = F * r.

On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM Anthony Lapinski via Phys-l <
phys-l@mail.phys-l.org> wrote:

> So I teach about universal gravitation and the Cavendish experiment.
> Problem is -- how is the force actually measured? The fiber twists a
> certain amount when the heavy masses are brought close to the hanging bar.
> A torque makes it twist a certain amount, but how does this translate to
> fiorce so that G could be measured?
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