List of Foucault pendulums

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List of Foucault pendulums

This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world:

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An artistic rendition (highly exaggerated) of a Foucault pendulum showing that the Earth is not stationary, but rotates

Europe

Foucault's Pendulum in the Panthéon, Paris.

Austria

  • Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna
  • St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Styria, erected in 2001 at Hauptplatz, moved 2016 to 10, Untere Hauptstrasse in a slim stainless steel pyramid, partially with glass windows; it is worldwide the first to exist outside a closed building: on the street. – Length 6.5 m, weight 32 kg.[1][2][3]

Belarus

  • Belarus State Pedagogic University,[4] Minsk

Belgium

Bulgaria

  • Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus",[6] Varna - Length: 14.4 m

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

  • Department of Physics, University of Tartu (parameters: 16.76 m; 75 kg; 7.8 s; 2.0 m; 28 h 6 min; November 6, 1999)[10]

Finland

France

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CityLocationLength
Mass
Period
Latitude
Pendulum day
Paris Panthéon 220 ft (67 m) 28 kg 16.5 sec 48°52' N 31 hours 50 minutes
Paris Musée des Arts et Métiers[11] 28 kg 48°52' N 31 hours 50 minutes
Besançon Musée du Temps [fr] 13.11 m 7.3 sec 47°08' N 32 hours 43 minutes
Grenoble Centre de sciences Cosmocité [fr] 49.5 ft (15.08 m) 25 kg 7.8 sec 45°07' N 33 hours 47 minutes
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Germany

Hungary

Iceland

  • Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Reykjavík power distributor, Reykjavík

Italy

Latvia

  • Riga TV Tower - Within proposed renovations of the TV Tower, the intention is to build the world's largest Foucault pendulum with a weight of 500 kg and a length of over 70m. The construction was set to begin in the second half of 2019.[21]

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldova

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

  • Moscow Planetarium
  • Novosibirsk Planetarium (14.5 m,[27] 31.7 kg[28])
  • Penza Planetarium[29]
  • Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg (pendulum length was 98 m; removed in 1990s)
  • Saint Petersburg Planetarium (length: 8 m)
  • Smolensk Planetarium (length: 12 m)[30]
  • Volgograd Planetarium[31]
  • Institute of Geology Komi Sci. Center Ural Div. RAS, Syktyvkar (length: 17 m)[32]
  • Murmansk Regional Universal Scientific Library (length: 21 m; weight: 32 kg)

Serbia

  • State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar (length 17 m, weight 28 kg)
  • Physics Laboratory Center of Technical Science Faculties of the University of Belgrade (length 9 m, weight 30 kg)[33]

Spain

  • Hall of the Faculties of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona - Length: 7 m, weight: 20 kg
  • Parque de las Ciencias,[34] Granada
  • Cosmocaixa Museum, Alcobendas, Madrid
  • Facultad de Física, Universidad de Salamanca
  • CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya
  • "Villanueva" Building, National Astronomical Observatory, Madrid
  • Pabellón de la Energía Viva,[35] Seville
  • Casa de las Ciencias,[36] A Coruña - Length: 14 m, weight: 125 kg
  • Museu de les Arts i les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia - Length: 30 m[37]
  • Hall of Faculty of Physics, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela

Sweden

  • Xperimenthuset,[38] Lokstallarna, Växjö - Weight: 32 kg
  • Carlsunds utbildningscentrum, Motala, Sweden[39] Weight: 13 kg, Length: 6 m, Theoretical pendulum day: 28h 3 min, Measured pendulum day: 26h 59 min
  • Sandvikens Gymnasieskola, Sandviken Weight: 63 kg, Length: 9 m
  • Fysikaliska Leksaker, Chalmers, Göteborg
  • Ångströmslaboratoriet, Uppsala, 28.3 m
  • E.ON corporate office, Malmö. Weight: circa 900 kg[40]

Switzerland

  • Centro Professionale Biasca[41] - Length: 15 m, weight: 102 kg
  • Naturmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
  • Gymnasium Oberwil, Basel-Land
  • Lycée cantonal de Porrentruy, Porrentruy, Jura
  • Café de la Grenette, Sion. Length: 19 centimeters, weight: 1.4 kilos

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Science Museum, London

Africa

South Africa

Tunisia

Asia

China

India

Iran

Israel

Japan

Kuwait

  • Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait City (Length: 36.5m)

Pakistan

Thailand

  • Khonkaen University, Khon Kaen
  • AstroPark, Chiang Mai

Turkey

  • Bilkent University- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ankara[59]
  • EGE University, Izmir

North America

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Canada

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ProvinceCityLocationLengthMassPeriod
Alberta Calgary Telus Spark
Edmonton Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Alberta 23.4 m 29.7 kg 9.7 s
British Columbia Vancouver Hebb bldg, University of British Columbia
Manitoba Winnipeg University of Winnipeg
Ontario Aurora McLaughlin Hall, St. Andrew's College
Guelph Physics Department, University of Guelph[60]
Kingston Stirling Hall, Queen's University
Ottawa Herzberg Building, Carleton University 16.7640 m 104.78 kg 8 s[61]
Toronto Ontario Science Centre
Quebec Chicoutimi Cégep de Chicoutimi
Montreal Collège de Maisonneuve
Montreal École de technologie supérieure
Montreal Roger-Gaudry Pavilion, Université de Montréal 8 m 10 kg
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Mexico

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StateCityLocationLengthMassPeriod
Querétaro Querétaro City Centro Cultural Manuel Gomez Morin, Museum of Science and Technology[62] 28 m 280 kg 9.3 s
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United States

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State/provinceCityLocationLengthMassPeriod
Alabama Auburn Auburn University
Birmingham Samford University
Alaska Anchorage University of Alaska, Consortium Library 52 ft (15.8 m) 240 lb (108.8 kg) 7.9 s
Arizona Tempe Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences Center 70.5 ft (21.5 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 9.3 s
Arkansas Conway Hendrix College
California Bakersfield California State University Bakersfield Physics Center
Fresno Fresno Pacific University 41 ft (12.5 m) 235 7.1 s
Long Beach Sunnyside Mausoleum, Forest Lawn
Los Angeles Griffith Observatory 40 ft (12.2 m) 240 lb (108.8 kg) 7.01 s
Los Angeles Occidental College
Modesto Modesto Junior College Science Community Center[63] 42 ft (12.8 m) 250 lbs 7.2 s
Monterey Naval Postgraduate School
Napa Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Pleasant Hill Diablo Valley College
Riverside UC Riverside Physics Department
Sacramento California Department of Education lobby installation by artist Jud Fine[64]
Salinas Hartnell College
San Diego San Diego Natural History Museum 12.4 m (est.) 235 lb (106.6 kg) 7 s (estimate)
San Francisco California Academy of Sciences 30 ft (9.14 m) 235 lb (106.6 kg) 6.1 s
San Francisco Calico Labs
San Jose Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium
San Jose The Harker School
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Currently inoperable
Santa Paula Thomas Aquinas College
Colorado Alamosa Adams State College
Boulder CU Boulder, Gamow Physics Tower[65] 128.9 ft (39.3 m) 367 lb (166 kg) 12.6 s
Colorado Springs UCCS, Osborne Center for Science and Engineering
Fort Collins Colorado State University
Golden Colorado School of Mines
Connecticut Avon Avon Old Farms School
Greenwich Greenwich High School
Hartford The Children's Museum[66]
Florida Avon Park South Florida Community College
Cocoa Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science
Jacksonville Museum of Science & History
Miami Miami Dade Junior College
Orlando John Young Museum and Planetarium, now known as the Orlando Science Center
Orlando University of Central Florida, Mathematical Sciences Building[67]
Stuart The Elliott Museum[68]
Tallahassee Florida State University
Tampa University of South Florida, Interdisciplinary Science Building
Georgia Cartersville Tellus Science Museum
Mount Berry Berry College
Idaho Boise Discovery Center of Idaho
Illinois Batavia Robert Rathbun Wilson Hall, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry 65 ft (20 m) 300 kg 8.98 s
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (has 2)
Rockford Rock Valley College
Wheaton Wheaton College
Indiana Indianapolis Indiana State College
Indianapolis Indiana State Museum
Iowa Des Moines Science Center of Iowa[69] 41 ft (12 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 7 s
Kansas Hays Fort Hays State University
Wichita Exploration Place
Kentucky Berea Berea College
Danville Centre College
Georgetown Georgetown College
Highland Heights Northern Kentucky University
Lexington Lexington Public Library
Louisville Kentucky Science Center
Louisville University of Louisville 72 ft (22.0 m) 9.4 +/- 0.05 s
Louisiana Shreveport Sci-Port Discovery Center 32 ft (9.7 m) 113 kg (250 lb)
Maine Portland University of Southern Maine
Maryland Annapolis St. John's College
Colora West Nottingham Academy
Frostburg Frostburg State University
Severna Park Severn School
Massachusetts Boston Museum of Science
Lexington MIT Lincoln Laboratory[70] 52 ft (15.8 m) 8.0 s
Northampton Smith College 43 ft (13.1 m) 235 lb (106.6 kg) 7.27 s
Osterville Cape Cod Academy
Springfield Springfield Science Museum
Michigan Alpena Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan[71]
Detroit Michigan Science Center
Grand Haven Grand Haven High School
Grand Rapids Steelcase Corporate Development Center
Midland Midland Center for the Arts
Minnesota Collegeville St. John's University
Minneapolis The Blake School[72][73]
St. Paul Macalester College
Missouri Sullivan Meramec Caverns Inoperable due to insufficient mass
Montana Billings First Citizens Bank
Nebraska Kearney University of Nebraska at Kearney
Nevada
Las Vegas Lied Discovery Children's Museum
Reno University of Nevada, Reno, Schulich Lecture Hall
New Hampshire Bedford Dean Kamen's house
Hanover Dartmouth College, Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center 70.1 ft 260.0 lb 9.3 s
New Jersey Morristown Delbarton School
New Mexico Albuquerque Albuquerque Academy[74] 9 m (30 ft) 100 kg (200 lb) 6 s
New York Bronx Montefiore Medical Center
Buffalo Buffalo Museum of Science 75 ft (22.9 m) 100 lb (45 kg) 9.6 s
Geneseo State University of New York at Geneseo 52 ft (15.8 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 8.0 s
Ithaca Cornell University, Rockefeller Hall
Manhattan United Nations General Assembly Building at the United Nations headquarters. Since 1955, a gift from the government of The Netherlands 75 ft (22.9 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 8.5 sec.[75]
Mineola Chaminade High School[76] 30 ft (9 m) 200 lb (90 kg) 6 s
North Carolina Fayetteville Fayetteville State University
Greensboro Greensboro Science Center
Greensboro North Carolina A&T State University
Winston-Salem Kaleideum North
Ohio Canton William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
Cincinnati Xavier University
Cleveland Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland Cleveland State University, Fenn Tower currently inoperable
Columbus COSI Columbus[77] 38.5 ft (11.7 m) 6.9 s
Dayton University of Dayton
Marietta Marietta College, Rickey Science Center
Oxford Miami University, Culler Hall
Portsmouth Shawnee State University
Oklahoma Edmond University of Central Oklahoma, Howell Hall
Norman University of Oklahoma, Nielsen Physics Building
Oklahoma City Science Museum Oklahoma
Oregon Portland Oregon Convention Center 88.5 ft (27 m) 900 lb (408 kg) 10.4 s
Pennsylvania Cheyney Cheyney State Museum
Clarion, Pennsylvania Clarion University Currently Inoperable[78]
Edinboro Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Indiana Indiana University of Pennsylvania Currently Inoperable[79]
Johnstown Cambria Savings And Loan Building[80] Currently Inoperable
Kutztown Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg Messiah Village's Community Room 55 ft (16.8 m) 350 lb (159 kg) 8.2 s
Millersville Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Franklin Institute 85 ft (27 m) 80 kg 10 s
Pittsburgh Children's Museum of Pittsburgh[81]
Pittsburgh Duquesne University[82] 24 ft (7.3 m) 18 lb (8.2 kg) 5.4 s
Shippensburg Shippensburg State College
South Carolina Clemson Clemson University, Kinard Laboratory of Physics[83]
South Dakota Sioux Falls Augustana University, Froiland Science Complex[84]
Tennessee Collegedale Southern Adventist University, Hickman Science Center 11.8 m 88.4 kg 6.89 s
Nashville Adventure Science Center
Texas Austin Science Engineering Comp[73]
Austin University of Texas at Austin, DEV Building[85][86] 40 ft (12 m) 240 lb 7 s
College Station Texas A&M University, George P. Mitchell Physics Building[87][88] 85 ft (26 m) 235 lb 10.23 s
College Station Texas A&M University, Zachry Engineering Center (removed; year unknown)
Houston Houston Museum of Natural Science[89] 60 ft (18 m) 8.6 s
Odessa Unitarian-Universalist Church[90]
San Antonio Tex Hill Middle School[91][92] 37.75 ft (11.51 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 6.8 s
Utah Orem Utah Valley University
Provo Brigham Young University, Eyring Science Center 47 ft (14.32 m) 7.6 s
Salt Lake City Clark Planetarium
Virginia Richmond Science Museum of Virginia
Richmond University of Richmond, Gottwald Science Center
Washington Auburn Green River College
Ellensburg Central Washington University 34 ft (10.5 m) 6.4 s
Seattle University of Washington 49.8 ft (15.1 m) 7.8 s
Spokane Spokane Falls Community College
Tacoma Harned Hall, University of Puget Sound
Washington, D.C. Museum of History and Technology. Smithsonian Institution (1964–1998)[93][94][95] 52 ft (16 m) 108 kg 8.0 s
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (removed permanently 2008) 68.9 ft (21 m) 105 kg 9.2 s
Wisconsin Stevens Point University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Wyoming Rock Springs Western Wyoming Community College[73]
Sheridan Sheridan College (Wyoming)[96][97]
Casper Casper College[98] 235 lb (107 kg)
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Central and South America

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

Australasia

Australia

  • Foucault pendulum,[105] School of Physics, University of New South Wales
  • Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra
  • Gravity Discovery Centre[106] Military Rd, Gingin, Western Australia
  • School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
  • School of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
  • School of Physics, in the foyer of the Darling West building (previously named Bragg building), University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.
  • Queensland Museum Sciencentre,[107] Brisbane, Queensland
  • School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
  • Rosebank College, Five Dock, New South Wales.

New Zealand

Antarctica

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