In fact, a bow and arrow technically counts as our first example of springs over 60,000 years ago. Fast forward to the 1600s, where Robert Hooke came up with a simple formula for ...

We investigate Hooke's Law and explore the concept of spring potential energy. Segment 4G: Spring Potential Energy We investigate Hooke's Law as we explore the concept of spring potential energy. We ...

Here is a spring mounted vertically. Also, there is a hanger for some masses on the end. Now suppose I measure the location of the bottom of the mass holder. Then I place a 250 gram mass in the holder ...