Lionel Wilberforce
British physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lionel Robert Wilberforce (18 April 1861 ā 1 April 1944) was a British physicist. He is best known for the invention of the Wilberforce pendulum, which exhibits a curious motion in which periods of purely rotational oscillation gradually alternate with periods of purely up and down oscillation.
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Lionel Wilberforce | |
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Born | (1861-04-18)18 April 1861 |
Died | 4 January 1944(1944-01-04) (aged 82) |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
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Doctoral advisor | J. J. Thomson |
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