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  • 17-06-2014
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The direction of swing of a Foucault pendulum appears to change due to Earth’s

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  • 18-06-2014
French Physicist Leon Foucault introduced his pendulum in 1851.
By that time, it was generally accepted that the Earth rotates, but
Foucault's pendulum was the first simple demonstration that made
the Earth's rotation easy to prove.
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