Newton's cradle Newton's cradle Newton’s cradle is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy using a series of swinging spheres. When one sphere at the end is lifted and released, it strikes the stationary spheres, transmitting a force through the stationary spheres that pushes the last sphere upward. The last sphere swings back and strikes the still nearly stationary spheres, repeating the effect in the opposite direction. The device is named after 17th-century English scientist Sir Isaac Newton. It is also known as Newton's balls or Executive Ball Clicker. A typical Newton's cradle consists of a series of identically sized
Tests of relativistic energy and momentum measured by calorimetry in order to directly obtain their kinetic energy - those results agreed with the expected energy within 10% error margin. Various experiments have been performed which, due to their simplicity, are still used as undergraduate experiments. Mass, velocity, momentum, and energy of electrons have been measured in different ways in those experiments, all of them confirming relativity. They include experiments involving beta particles, Compton scattering in which electrons exhibit highly relativistic properties and Positron annihilation. In modern particle accelerators at high energies, the predictions of special relativity are routinely confirmed, and are necessary for the design and