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NJIT Math Club Constructs a Foucault’s Pendulum To Demonstrate Earth's Rotation


November 16, 2005

Members of the NJIT Math Club successfully constructed a simple Foucault’s pendulum on Nov. 15 in the stairwell of Fenster Hall. Jonathan Lansey and Ikemefuna Agbanusi affixed a long cable to a ceiling and tied a bowling ball to the end of the cable six flights below, then let the ball sway as they charted its trajectory. Read more.



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