Experiment Mz-07
Model of Foucault Pendulum
Description: A
simple pendulum has a point supported on a stand which is mounted on a turntable.
The pendulum is put into oscillation in a plane. This plane of motion will then
be maintained regardless of the rotation of the turntable.
Images
of the pendulum over a non-rotating turntable, which has been marked with tape
so that the class can easily see its orientation. Note that the pendulum is
swinging in the vertical plane above the longer marking.
When
the turntable is moved, the pendulum still swings in the plane that was established
when it was set in motion. (Note that the camera position has not moved from
the previous set of photographs)
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