Tag: noninertial reference frames
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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
Galileo's Pendulum 