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Measurement

  1. Under Pressure
  2. Earth's Tilt 1: The Reason for the Seasons
  3. Earth's Tilt 2: Land of the Midnight Sun
  4. 2D Equilibrium -- Balancing Games

Under Pressure In this video we replicate Pascal's famous experiment that showed atmospheric pressure was due to the column of the weight of the air above. To test this we build a simple pressure measuring device, make measurements around Boston, and then use the ideal gas law to calculate the pressures we measured. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-conditions

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