On May 20, 12:37 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/19/13 9:32 PM, jdawe wrote: > > > A Foucault pendulum uses no linear line connected to the Earth? Look > > at the picture of the Foucault pendulum again and look for where the > > linear line is on it. > > You are going to have to build one and get back to us on what you > found. Don't let the wind spoil your measurements. :-o
Ok well take your pendulum that hangs freely, on an airplane trip and measure Earths rotation from there. The grade 5 students can come along and measure the Earths rotation from the airplane with their sticks too. Report back to us with your results.