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The Foucault pendulum was created by physicist Léon Foucault in 1851 to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. The pendulum's oscillations change direction over time due to the Earth's rotation underneath it. This provided visual proof of the Earth's rotation, which was a significant scientific discovery at the time.

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Is the Foucault Pendulum Hoax a real conspiracy theory or just a myth?

The Foucault Pendulum Hoax is a myth and not a real conspiracy theory.


What did Foucault use to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth?

Foucault used a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth.


How does the Foucault pendulum demonstrate the rotation of the Earth?

The Foucault pendulum demonstrates the rotation of the Earth by showing the change in direction of the pendulum's swing over time. As the Earth rotates beneath it, the pendulum's swing appears to rotate, providing visual evidence of the Earth's rotation.


Why does a foucault pendulum change direction?

A Foucault pendulum changes direction due to the rotation of the Earth. As the Earth rotates beneath the pendulum, it causes the plane of the pendulum's swing to slowly rotate, creating the apparent change in direction over time. This phenomenon is a result of the Coriolis effect.


How do you build foucault pendulum?

Any pendulum on a string ... free to swing in any direction ... can demonstratethe behavior associated with Foucault's pendulum. The only trick is that it has tokeep going for several hours before the behavior is obvious. So the task ofbuilding a Foucault pendulum is actually the task of building a pendulum thatdoesn't run down and stop. There are a number of simple electric/magnetic waysto do that, including the one I installed in 1968, to run the Foucault Pendulumin the lobby of the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation, at its old location atthe Oklahoma State Fairgrounds.