The Foucault Pendulum, installed for the first time in 1851, is more than just a simple swinging object. It is a profound demonstration of Earth's rotation & its movement through space.Originally ...

[Stephen Hobley] has been experimenting with an electromagnetic pendulum in order to build himself a clock. Through the course of his experiments, he has learned quite a bit about how pendulums fun… ...

News Published: 22 April 1880 On the Employment of the Pendulum for Determining the Figure of the Earth J. HERSCHEL Nature 21, 599–602 (1880) Cite this article ...