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Gravitys
Rainbow launches five small balls into five rubber cups
with
amazing accuracy. The exhibit employs a steel raceway, whose
angle can be adjusted up or down, to vary the distance
each
ball travels. A catch mechanism holds each ball in place
along the rail; when the catch is released all the balls
are launched
off the end of the rail. If the rubber cups are set in the
proper position they catch each ball which proves that
the
arc of each ball is predictable. It is possible to move the
launch point of each of the five balls and the position
of
each of the five cups. One can experiment with all elements
of the exhibit: the angle of the rail, the number of balls,
and the launch and landing points of the balls.
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