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Will an object dropped from a high building displace due to the Earth's rotation?
I read that in the 16th and 17th century, the question of whether the Earth rotates around its axis or all celestial bodies rotate around it was extensively debated. One of the anti-rotation arguments ...
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How does Foucault's pendulum work in a place other than the poles?
I find it easy to understand how Foucault's pendulum works at the poles, the pendulum oscillates in a fixed plane and we, along with the earth, rotate around it. So it appears that the pendulum's ...
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