Atwood's machine

noun
At·​wood's machine | \ ˈat‧ˌwu̇dz-\

Definition of Atwood's machine

: an apparatus for demonstrating the laws of accelerated motion by means of a light nearly frictionless pulley wheel over which passes a thread having at its ends fairly heavy masses whose slight difference in weight is the cause of the acceleration

History and Etymology for Atwood's machine

after George Atwood †1807 English mathematician, its inventor

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