Dr. John A. Eldridge and students watching the Foucault's pendulum in Physics Building, The University of Iowa, 1920s
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Dr. John A. Eldridge and students watching the Foucault's pendulum in Physics Building, The University of Iowa, 1920s
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Description
Foucault's pendulum is named for the French physicist Jean Foucault, who first used it in 1851 to demonstrate the rotation of the earth. It was the first satisfactory demonstration of the earth's rotation using laboratory apparatus rather than astronomical observations.
Creator
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
Publisher
University of Iowa. Libraries. University Archives
Date
1920/1929
2010-08-01
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
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Iowa City Town and Campus
Scenes
Scenes
Frederick W. Kent Collection of Photographs, 1866-2000
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?RG30.0001.01
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Colleges and departments
Physics
Physics
Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C @ 600 ppi. Master image saved in TIFF format
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16
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Type
Still image
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jpeg
Identifier
RG30.0001.01
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https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/