During Foucalt’s life it was already proven that the Earth rotated, thanks to experiments which showed that weights dropped from tall towers fell slightly to one side rather than straight down. This ...

The year is 1851, and doubts regarding the Earth spinning is also a massive one, as many people argue over this activity of the planet and how it relates to other entities in the galaxy. However, the ...

PROF. GREENHILL gives currency to quite an erroneous idea, in last week's NATURE (p. 50). He says “in the Foucault experiment of the pendulum which shows the rotation of the earth, the slightest ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

In 1851, the French physicist Léon Foucault provided an experimental proof of the Earth’s rotation using a pendulum. Although Foucault is best known for this ingenious experiment, he also made several ...

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 ...

Today, Google’s homepage honours French physicist Léon Foucault on what would have been his 194th birthday with an interactive animation of the Foucault pendulum in action. Born 18 September 1819 in ...