FOUCAULT’S PENDULUM

In the First Floor of the Science Museum, a pendulum hanging from the very top of the buildings eaves, with a circular base, sets out to demonstrate that the earth rotates around its own axis.

With a longitude of 34 metres, the pendulum is one of the longest in the world; its complete cycle of revolution is approx. 34 hours. In reality, it is not the plane of the pendulum oscillation that rotates, but the Earth and, with it, the whole Museum moves “around” the pendulum. Documentation can consult and to admire an element in miniature.