Coupled Pendulum (extended version)

Various views showing the set up of a coupled pendulum (or copled oscillator, paired oscillator) from different angles.
A coupled pendulum is composed of 2 simple pendulums whose bobs are connected by a spring (or in this case an elastic band).

An explanation: "All pendulums (and in fact any thing that vibrates) have a resonance frequency. When the first pendulum begins to swing it causes the coupling to twist, thus giving the other pendulum a nudge. When the first pendulum and the coupling reach the resonance frequency the second one begins to swing. A transfer of energy then takes place and the first begins to slow until the process is reversed."

You can thank Christiaan Huygens who first observed this phenomenon in 1665.

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