Calculating the Universal Gravitational Constant

How data from the Cavendish experiment can be used to calculate the value of "G".

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[OudeicratAnnachrista]

the best cavendish demonstration on the whole public internet

[kellyd]

Did you hear that popping noise, towards the end of when you were explaining the formulas? I think it was QE’s tiny brain exploding. I set up a Cavendish demo in my classroom. We did calculate G, but the students enjoyed manipulating the positions and the material to confirm that mass does attract mass. Keep up the great work!

[criskity]

Spurs was just "debating" with MCToon and claiming that nobody had ever observed or demonstrated mass attracting mass (summarily ignoring the original experiment by Cavendish himself and other observations like the orbiting moons of Jupiter). Well, here you go, Spurs.

[FluffH]

Holy Cow Blue. That's a hell of a lot of work and craftsmanship. Major kudos to you sir.

[rysacroft]

I've thought of a way to eliminate one of your variables. You need a lab assistant with zero mass. Any flerf should do as they only have density :) Well done Blue, that is a work of art.

[bdf]

All you did was measure sidewaysity. You didn't measure droppity at all.




Beautiful experiment. Well done.

[daven]

None of the flerfs will appreciate what you have done but I (we) do. Remarkable stuff from start to finish.

[mmixlinus]

*VERY* impressive! The Cavendish experiment is by no means a simple experiment!

[glennpearson]

Beautiful, BMS! An impressively elegant experiment. The workmanship of your apparatus is impeccable. Imagine this: You've created a device that allows you to physically measure the degree to which your 22.03kg lead balls warps spacetime!

[docostler]

Blue knows my feelings regarding this effort so I'll skip the extra kudos.
What I want to ask is why the hell does this channel only have 6800 subscribers? A channel that consistently performs actual scientific experiments to prove the concepts being discussed.
It's almost like people enjoy the arguing more than the proving. It's like we've been reduced to the level of flerfs and their vacuous argument-through-dictionary style.
Right now, we should be plastering links to this experiment on every flerf channel that ever denied gravity. Everywhere we are engaged in a discussion regarding gravity or orbits or the shape of the oceans, a link to this series is all the rebuttal needed.
We need to get Blue some more subscribers and views!

[CChrisHolmes]

Brilliant! It’s really good to see a proper experiment!

[bulwinkle]

Your experiment is a thing of beauty, both in appearance and in your presentation of the result. Thank you.

[monochromaticlightsource]

Great job Blue. Shame that the mathematics and science will go right over the Flerfers heads. Just like the ISS does.

[cristophles]

Mathematics lost me when the teacher started substituting letters for numbers but I enjoy your videos all the same. Thank you👍

[Soundbrigade]

Isn't it strange, it's the flatheads that presents new hypothesis and has the 'burden of proof', and it is still we "globetards", that comes up with REAL experiments and evidence that the Earth is exactly as we see and experience it - A SPHERE.

[RoundEarthObserver]

Amazing results for an initial run! Congratulations.

The most common rebuttal of Cavendish I've heard is "where do you find a torsion beam in nature". They sure do like trying to ignore demonstrable, repeatable, verifiable evidence.

[artyomiv]

It's so sad, that none of flateathers will underestand a word in this amazing historical experiment reconstruction...

[clemstevenson]

No matter how accurately presented the contradictory facts are, I will guarantee that Flerfers will argue that those contradictory facts are false, whilst their falsehoods are facts.

[matt]

Thanks for the update. Amazing effort.

[michaeldamolsen]

That is by far the best explanation of the calculations in the Cavendish experiment I have seen, very well done!