foucault's pendulum

     

The Foucault penulum (pronounced /fuːˈkoʊ/ "foo-KOH"), or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth.

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  • Named after its 19th century inventor, this pendulum demonstrates the Earth's rotation
  • A suspense title:"Il pendolo di Foucault"
  • In its original Italian, this Umberto Eco work is "Il Pendolo Di Foucault"

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