Foucault Pendulums Prove Earth's Rotation?

First published at 15:07 UTC on March 14th, 2022.
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In the mid 19th century a Frenchman named Léon Foucault became famous for swinging pendulums and claiming their consequent motions were proof positive of the Earth’s diurnal rotation. Since then so-called “Foucault Pendulums” have regularly been swi…

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