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Categories: Physics experiments, Pendulums, French inventions

Foucault pendulum Focalt pendulum Focault pendulum Foucalt Pendulum Foucault's pendulum

Pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation WordNet 3.0

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Pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. Wikipedia

A pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's rotation Wikipedia Disambiguation

Simple device conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth Wikidata

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Foucault pendulum

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