Demonstration of the Cavendish Experiment - Gravity Between Two Masses

Everyone wanted to see this thing work, so here it is. This is the Cavendish experiment to measure the gravitational constant (G).

[fizixx]

I've never seen one of these work. SO, this is a nice demo of this apparatus.

[starventure]

Is there another way to perform the Cavendish experiment without wire suspended weights? If a weight was floatation suspended in a tank of water to move around freely, and a much larger weight was moved to the exterior of the tank, would not the floating weight eventually make its way towards the larger one?

[archonphilosopher]

This is perhaps the worst experiment I have ever seen. He touched it !

[Большойвопрос.]

Эксперимент для детей! Т.к. не были исключены сторонние силы, ничего не понятно что и куда у него движется, камера должна быть с верху! И стучать по столу, что бы появилось притяжение????

[Klauske]

So this is the so called prove of gravity? 🤔

[anthonybear]

Gravity is a huge force. It holds trains of gallons of water to the surface of the Earth. But you're having trouble moving that thing. Is it possible that electrostatics are in play?

[SoloBroBro]

before you even moved the bigger balls, it was moving from your hit on the table, both left and right, then you needed to hit the table to get it to work again once you moved the balls. How on earth would this be considered evidence for mass attracting mass? FAIL!

[GPaCrewify]

Love experiments where they go "sometimes you need to tap it" - There is a disturbing lack of control happening in Cavendish experiments. Mainly because you're standing on the largest influence in the theory. This needs to be set up in a vacuum, and NOT SUSPENDED. Otherwise, this experiment is totally bogus, and always has been.

[RT-ociu]

imagine believing this was proof for your fallacy force