| 31. | In 1851, physicist L�on Foucault demonstrated the rotation of the earth by constructing a Foucault pendulum beneath the central dome.
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| 32. | For example, L�on Foucault was able to show the Coriolis force that results from the Earth's rotation using the Foucault pendulum.
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| 33. | This effect can be understood as the electromagnetic counterpart of the mechanics of rotation, for example in analogy to a Foucault pendulum.
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| 34. | The original Foucault pendulum was exhibited as part of the collection, but was moved to the Panth�on in 1995 during museum renovation.
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| 35. | For example, a Foucault pendulum at 30?south latitude, viewed from above by an earthbound observer, rotates counterclockwise 360?in two days.
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| 36. | There is also a Paradise mosaic, a rendition of Raphael's fresco, and a Foucault pendulum, one of eight in Southern California.
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| 37. | A Foucault pendulum hangs in the central foyer, through all the floors, over a butterfly-shaped plate marked with the hours of the day.
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| 38. | A'pendulum day'is the time needed for the plane of a freely suspended Foucault pendulum to complete an apparent rotation about the local vertical.
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| 39. | A MEMS gyroscope takes the idea of the Foucault pendulum and uses a vibrating element, known as a MEMS ( microelectromechanical system ).
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| 40. | It was held on September 19, 2013 in the Main Building at the Gdansk University of Technology Foucault pendulum in the Johnan Hevelius courtyard.
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