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A version of the device depicted in the Wheatstone_Foucault devie image, for the purpose of emphasizing certain characteristics. In this version of the device the small sphere corresponds to the bob of a Foucault pendulum. The inside spring corresponds to the gravitational force that is being exerted on the bob of the Foucault pendulum and the force exerted to the outside spring corresponds to the tension in the suspension wire of the Foucault pendulum.
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Created: 10 March 2007
Author: Cleonis
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| current | 22:05, 23 March 2007 | 256×256 (15 KB) | Cleonis (Talk | contribs) | (Version that has a bit more brightness than the previous version.) |
| 20:21, 10 March 2007 | 256×256 (16 KB) | Cleonis (Talk | contribs) | ('''Description:'''<br/> A version of the device depicted in the Wheatstone-Foucault device image, for the purpose of emphasizing certain characteristics. In this version of the device the small sphere corre) |
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