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The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. If a long and heavy pendulum suspended from the high roof above a circular area is monitored over an extended period of time, its plane of oscillation appears to change ...
Atrium of Thames House, headquarters of the British Security Service, in acknowledgement of Umberto Eco's "conspiracy" novel Foucault's Pendulum [48] Princes Square shopping centre, Glasgow [49] (Not operating) University of Strathclyde, St Paul's Building, John Street, Glasgow. Length 4.359m. Bob mass 2.525 kg. Period 4.187s.
A pendulum bob at rest at the Equator is still rotating with the Earth and there is no spin on the bob. The pendulum is moving with the rotation of the Earth when located at the equator, as is the support structure, so one can't see the rotation of the Earth in relation to the pendulum.
213.29.28.253 09:18, 5 May 2024 (UTC) You are right and this is the reason why the caption starts with: « Animation of a Foucault pendulum on the northern hemisphere, with the Earth's rotation rate and amplitude greatly exaggerated. » My note was about File:Foucault pendulum animated.gif. The real observation is much different...
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The animation: Image:Foucault pendulum animated.gif is correct for the following situation: A foucault pendulum located on the southern hemisphere that swings so slowly that it takes 24 hours to complete 8 swings.
The Foucault pendulum in 1851 was the first demonstration of the Earth's rotation that did not involve celestial observations, and it created a "pendulum mania". In this animation the rate of precession is greatly exaggerated.
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