GK QUESTION#3075
In which year did Galileo discuss pendulum isochronism in a letter to Guidobaldo del Monte?
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Answer
C. 1602
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Museo Galileo identifies a 1602 letter to Guidobaldo del Monte discussing pendulum isochronism. A simple pendulum’s period is only approximately independent of amplitude for small swings, so that historical statement should not be treated as an exact rule for every amplitude.