The Foucault pendulum which was displayed for many years in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History was removed in late 1998 to make room for the Star-Spangled Banner Preservation ...
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Worth the Drive: This Lexington library is home to the world's largest ceiling clockThe grandiose addition to the library was made possible by a $400,000 donation by Lucille Caudill Little, and was unveiled on ...
Called a Foucault (pronounced “foo-KOH”) pendulum after its designer, French physicist Léon Foucault, the device was conceived in 1851 to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. This pendulum ...
He is best remembered for machining the final version of the Colorado Centennial Foucault Pendulum and the starting mechanism that launches the pendulum every morning at eight. The pendulum length is ...
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