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Foucault Pendulum : New Parliament

News: Inside the new Parliament, which was designed by the National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata, is a Foucault pendulum.

The pendulum, created by French scientist Léon Foucault in the middle of the 19th century, was the first ever experimental proof that the Earth rotates on its axis.

To represent the “integration of the idea of India with that of the universe,” the pendulum in the new Parliament is designed to serve as a symbol.

The pendulum is made up of a heavy bob carried from a fixed point in the ceiling by a long, strong wire.

The imaginary plane that the wire and bob swipe across when the pendulum swings is referred to as the swing plane.

It enabled us to comprehend that the Earth rotates.

It made it easier for us to comprehend that the Earth is spinning or revolving. It swings back and forth, changing its course as it goes.

This occurs because the Earth is spinning underneath the pendulum as it swings, giving the illusion that the pendulum is changing direction.

The Coriolis effect is the name of this phenomenon. The pendulum will appear to rotate in various directions depending on where you are on Earth.

Scientists like Foucault were able to demonstrate that the Earth is spinning on its axis by measuring this rotation.