Document Details A new model of the Foucault pendulum:
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- Title: A new model of the Foucault pendulum
- Author: Klaus Weltner
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Notes: "Foucault showed the rotation of the earth by his fundamental pendulum experiment. In the classroom the experiment is usually simulated by a gravitational pendulum on a rotating turntable. By this the situation on the poles of the earth may be simulated, but it is impossible to investigate the dependency on geographical latitude. If we simulate the Foucault pendulum by an elastic steel wire pendulum we get the opportunity to show the entire effect, inclusive of the dependency on geographical latitude. "
Edition: 1979 vol 47 no 4 Apr -- Copyright: 1979
Kind: Article
Type: Foucault pendulum
Geographic area: Not Geographic
Topic: Physics
Organization: School
Pages: 365 - 366
Entered By: rah
BHM No: 14239
Parent Document ID: 6116 - Parent Document Title: American Journal of Physics - Publisher:
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