Foucault, Revisited: Argentinean Scientists Show How to Build a Pendulum for Any Classroom
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 11:02
in Astronomy & Space
A Foucault pendulum is a simple device for observing the Earth's rotation. While such pendulums have been around for more than 150 years and are a staple of the modern science museum, they are generally large and unwieldy. Now a group of researchers from Argentina has developed a new type of compact pendulum, which they describe in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments.