Purpose: To investigate experimentally the extension of a spring and how it is related to the applied force, and recall that the extension of a spring is directly proportional to the force applied ...

Record each stretching force in N and the corresponding length of the spring. The extension is the new length minus the unloaded length. Figure caption, Graph showing Hooke's Law, force is plotted ...

He stated his observation as "Ut tensio, sic vis" - - As the extension, so is the force. This linear elastic response has been formalized into the stress/strain relationship known as Hooke's Law: ...

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) is best known for his depiction of a flea as seen through his microscope, made scary through magnification: almost all body and little head, a giant apparatus for storing ...