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ERIC Number: EJ202045
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Apr
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A New Model of the Foucault Pendulum.
Weltner, Klaus
American Journal of Physics, v47 n4 p365-66 Apr 1979
Describes an elastic Foucault pendulum designed to demonstrate how the rotation of the plane of oscillation depends on geographical latitude, and shows that this rotation vanishes at the equator. (GA)
Descriptors: College Science, Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Experiments, Simulation
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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