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simple device conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth
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A Foucault pendulum is a simple device that swings back and forth in a fixed plane while the Earth rotates beneath it, making it appear to change direction over time. By observing this shift in the pendulum's swing, people can see direct physical proof that the Earth is rotating.
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- Instance of
- physical phenomenon
- Subclass of
- pendulum
- Named after
- Léon Foucault
- Creator
- Léon Foucault
- Image
- Pendule de Foucault.jpg
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- Commons category
- Foucault pendulums
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- Foucault pendulum
- different from
- Foucault's Pendulum
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- has cause
- Earth's rotation
- location of creation
- Paris
- inception
- 1851-02-00
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