====== Foucault Pendulum ======
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===== Description =====
Suggests Earth's rotation.
Newton's first law.
Useful Links:
The [[ http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/ | California Academy of Sciences ]] provides details on how to construct such a device, while the [[ http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/pendulum.htm | Smithsonian ]] provides us with good information on how this amazing invention first proved that Earth rotates. Updated on: 06/13/13 Big Model at the Display Tower.
===== Purpose =====
A model of a Foucault pendulum suggesting Earth rotation and pendulum vibration in a fixed plane.
===== Apparatus =====
Foucault pendulum device, variable speed motor
===== Setup =====
Rotate shaft from the motor drive setting the speed as low as possible. Pendulum oscillates in a fixed plane while hoop rotates.
===== Notes =====
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| **Location** | ---- |
| **Maker** | Unknown |
| **Current State** | Working |