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Foucault pendulum, Elliot Museum, Stuart, FL #243659410
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Every 15 minutes, the Earth`s rotation causes the pendulum to knock down a peg. One of a series. Here, the pendulum has just begun to knock down a peg. Courtesy Wikipedia: `The Foucault pendulum or Foucault`s pendulum is a device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth`s rotation. The pendulum was introduced in 1851 and was the first experiment to give simple, direct evidence of the Earth`s rotation. Foucault pendulums today are popular displays in science museums and universities.`
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