foucault

The name Foucault can refer to:

Trivia about foucault

The axial rotation of the Earth seems to shift the plane of motion of this scientist's pendulum
This French physicist wasn't the pits with his 1851 "pendulum" that demonstrated the Earth's rotation
This Frenchman is most famous for inventing the device named for him, seen here:
More famous today for his pendulum, this Frenchman invented the gyroscope in 1852
"Vous etes invité a venir voir tourner la terre" was how this "swinger" extolled his 1851 experiment
Umberto Eco:"____'s Pendulum"
Until this 19th century French scientist, no one had proved the Earth rotated