
Experiments
The Foucault Pendulum: Direct Proof Earth Rotates
In 1851, Léon Foucault hung a 67-meter pendulum from the Pantheon dome and watched its plane rotate. Here is the physics of why that single swing proved Earth spins.
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In 1851, Léon Foucault hung a 67-meter pendulum from the Pantheon dome and watched its plane rotate. Here is the physics of why that single swing proved Earth spins.