Tag: Foucault pendulum

• Measuring the rotation of Earth

  Yesterday — September 18, 2013 — marked the birthday of Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, usually known as Léon Foucault amongst his fans. Foucault is best remembered for his realization that a pendulum allowed to swing in any direction (instead of back and forth in a single plane of motion) on a sufficiently long chain could…

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 19, 2013

  Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields

  Earth, Foucault pendulum, noninertial reference frames