Umberto Eco
Edgar Allan Poe was the author of "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe was an American writer known for his macabre and Gothic tales. "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story that explores themes of fear, torture, and survival.
Léon Foucault developed the gyroscope primarily to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. His experiments, particularly the Foucault pendulum, showcased the Earth's movement through the observable behavior of the pendulum's plane of oscillation. The gyroscope served as a tool to provide a visual representation of angular momentum and rotational motion, reinforcing the understanding of inertial frames of reference in physics. Ultimately, Foucault's work contributed significantly to the fields of mechanics and astronomy.
Marion Meisel has written: 'As the pendulum swings'
Ralph Lowe has written: 'The passionate pendulum'
Cora G. Sadler has written: 'The pendulum'
Feodosy Mikhailovich Fedchenko has written: 'Astronomical clock with an electromagnetically driven pendulum' 'Astronomical clock AchF-1 with isochronous pendulum'
George Washington Felts has written: 'The pensive pendulum'
Compound pendulum is a physical pendulum whereas a simple pendulum is ideal pendulum. The difference is that in simple pendulum centre of mass and centre of oscillation are at the same distance.
Norman Frederick Simpson has written: 'One way pendulum'
The longer the length of the pendulum, the longer the time taken for the pendulum to complete 1 oscillation.
The weight on a pendulum is a 'mass' or a 'bob'.
John Ellicott has written: 'A description of two methods by which the irregularities in the motion of a clock' 'An account of the influence which two pendulum clocks were observed to have upon each other' -- subject(s): Pendulum