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Proof, that the earth rotates (flickr21challenge 6/21 - planet)

On March 26, 1851, the physicist Léon Foucault succeeded in providing empirical proof of the earth's rotation with the pendulum named after him in the Panthéon, Paris.

 

Wiki: Am 26. März 1851 gelang dem Physiker Léon Foucault mit dem nach ihm benannten Pendel im Panthéon in Paris der empirische Nachweis der Erdrotation.

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Taken on June 11, 2009