  We present an experiment conductive to an understanding of both Faraday's law
and the properties of the superconducting state. It consists in the analysis of
the motion of a superconducting loop moving under the influence of gravity in
an inhomogeneous horizontal magnetic field. Gravity, conservation of magnetic
flux, and friction combine to give damped harmonic oscillations. The measured
frequency of oscillation and the damping constant as a function of the magnetic
field strength (the only free parameter) are in good agreement with the
theoretical model.
