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where q is the latitude of the observer. At the equator, the plane in which the pendulum moves does not change.
where q is the latitude of the observer. At the equator, the plane in which the pendulum moves does not change.
The physicist Foucault demonstrated this in the church [[Pantheon, Paris|Le Pantheon]] in [[Paris]] in 1851.
The physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault demonstrated this in the church [[Pantheon, Paris|Le Pantheon]] in [[Paris]] in 1851.
==Other Uses==
==Other uses==
''Foucault's Pendulum'' is also the English name for an Italian novel by [[Umberto Eco]].
''Foucault's Pendulum'' is also the English name for an Italian novel by [[Umberto Eco]].