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English: Illustration for w:Foucault pendulum article.
Precession (with respect to the Earth) of the plane of swing of a pendulum. (Pendulum located on the Northern hemisphere) Pattern of swing with a ratio of 22 swings to complete a precession cycle. Only eleven swings are visible, because the second eleven trace exactly the same path as the first eleven. A normal Foucault pendulum complets several thousand swings in the course of completing a full precession cycle. This image shows the precession in exaggerated form, to emphasize certain properties.
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Created: 26 April 2006

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current17:32, 1 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 17:32, 1 April 2007256 × 256 (14 KB)CleonisNormal resolution version of the image (256x256 pixels)
17:30, 1 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 17:30, 1 April 20071,024 × 1,024 (24 KB)CleonisHigher resolution version (1024x1024 pixels) of the image.
01:57, 26 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 01:57, 26 April 2006256 × 256 (10 KB)Cleonis'''Description:'''<br> Illustration for Foucault pendulum article.<br> Precession (with respect to the Earth) of the plane of swing of a pendulum. (Pendulum located on the Northern hemisphere) Eight successive swings, with the precession very much exa

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