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The '''Atwood machine''', or Atwood's machine, consists of two masses connected by a string that extends over a pulley.  Rev. George Atwood created this machine in 1784 as a laboratory experiment, and it is commonly used to teach the laws of [[physics]] to students today.  Unless the masses are identical, they experience uniform [[acceleration]], assuming a frictionless pulley.  

The '''Atwood machine''', or Atwood's machine, consists of two masses connected by a string that extends over a pulley.  Rev. George Atwood created this machine in 1784 as a laboratory experiment, and it is commonly used to teach the laws of [[physics]] to students today.  Unless the masses are identical, they experience uniform [[acceleration]], assuming a frictionless pulley.  

[[Category:Physics]]

 

[[Category:Mechanics]]