Barton's pendulums experiment was first demonstrated by Prof Edwin Henry Barton FRS FRSE.
Notes on verification
Biographical facts (FRS, FRSE, dates, Nottingham professorship) confirmed by primary archival/obituary sources; attribution of the pendulum experiment corroborated independently, though with somewhat less authoritative sourcing than the biographical details.
Sources
- Barton's pendulums (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/69BED26DC9B2FD2C7063D9F0A2D458DE/S0370164600051713a.pdf/barton-edwin-henry-dsc-frs.pdf (cambridge.org)
- https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/d94c417f-31cb-32ee-967f-96f495e5c574 (archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk)
- https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/who-is-was-barton-re-bartons-pendulum.284806/ (physicsforums.com)