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A New Absolute Determination of the Acceleration due to Gravity at the National Physical Laboratory

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AN absolute determination of the acceleration due to gravity at a site in the National Physical Laboratory has recently been completed. It is the first to be made by timing the symmetrical up-and-down motion of a body moving freely under gravity, and the uncertainty of the result is considerably less than that of any previous measurement.

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COOK, A. A New Absolute Determination of the Acceleration due to Gravity at the National Physical Laboratory. Nature 208, 279 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208279a0

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