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Key terms: pendulum earth dt plane rotation sin bob omega angle pole foucault pendulum latitude frame swing disk dfrac varphi gif path fixed one day physics equator precession geometric direction experiment sidereal day respect clockwise momentum coriolis force south pole wheatstone parallel transport pointing plane of oscillation pendulum bob north pole plane of swing proportional rotation of the earth inertial frame during one day geometric phase one sidereal day relative to earth original orientation proof of the rotation small angle approximation Search external links cited by footnotes on Wikipedia page Foucault pendulum: |
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