Foucault pendulum

Summary

Foucault pendulum is a physical phenomenon^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of physical_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,251 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Foucault pendulum is the creator of Léon Foucault^[3].
• Foucault pendulum's video is recorded as FoucaultMultiAnima.gif^[4].
• Foucault pendulum's video is recorded as Foucault pendulum 1.webm^[5].
• Foucault pendulum's image is recorded as Pendule de Foucault.jpg^[6].
• Foucault pendulum's instance of is recorded as physical phenomenon^[7].
• Léon Foucault is named after Foucault pendulum^[8].
• Foucault pendulum's GND ID is recorded as 4279789-5^[9].
• Foucault pendulum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85051038^[10].
• Foucault pendulum's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11944442p^[11].
• Foucault pendulum's subclass of is recorded as pendulum^[12].
• Foucault pendulum's has use is recorded as scientific demonstration^[13].
• Foucault pendulum's Commons category is recorded as Foucault pendulums^[14].
• Foucault pendulum's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38132^[15].
• +1851-02-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Foucault pendulum^[16].
• Foucault pendulum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jl_z^[17].
• Foucault pendulum's has cause is recorded as Earth's rotation^[18].
• Foucault pendulum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Foucault pendulums^[19].
• Foucault pendulum's Commons gallery is recorded as Foucault pendulum^[20].
• Foucault pendulum's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 525.36^[21].
• Foucault pendulum's location of creation is recorded as Paris^[22].
• Foucault pendulum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[23].
• Foucault pendulum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Foucault-pendulum^[24].
• Foucault pendulum's different from is recorded as Foucault's Pendulum^[25].
• Foucault pendulum's FAST ID is recorded as 933245^[26].
• Foucault pendulum's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4725113^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Foucault pendulum is the creator of Léon Foucault^[3]. Things named for it include Foucault's Pendulum^[28], a literary work^[29], founded in 1988^[30], written by Umberto Eco^[31].

Why It Matters

Foucault pendulum ranks in the top 4% of physical_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,251 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Foucault's Pendulum^[28], a literary work^[29], founded in 1988^[30], written by Umberto Eco^[31].