Foucault's pendulum in the Panthéon, Paris, (1851), 1900. Artist: Unknown

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Foucault's pendulum in the Panthéon, Paris, 1851 (1900). Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth.

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Size: 3082px × 5670px
Location: World,Europe,France,Île-de-France,Paris
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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