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When a pendulum is at the highest point of its swing, its velocity or kinetic energy is zero, but at that point its potential energy is greatest.— Aether and Gravitation
When the pendulum is at the lowest point its energy is wholly kinetic, the potential energy being zero at that point, while it has sufficient kinetic energy to raise it to the highest level again.— Aether and Gravitation
"They start the poor feller swinging like a pendulum, and every time he swings through the flames he's burned a little more--and a little more I turned sick with the horror of it.— Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers
But, alas, when the pendulum is at its highest it begins to swing downwards.— About Peggy Saville
Wherever such a pendulum has been carefully observed in any district, it has been found that it indicates the occurrence of slight tremors.— Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography

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