List of Foucault pendulums
This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world:
Europe
Austria
- Technical Museum, Vienna
Belarus
Belgium
- Volkssterrenwacht Mira, Grimbergen
- Technopolis, Mechelen
- Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie, Sint-Niklaas (from May 9 till June 6)
Bulgaria
- Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus" [1][2], Varna - Length: 14.4 m
Czech Republic
- Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Králové [3], Hradec Králové - Length: 10 m, weight: 8.5 kg
- Czech Technical University [4], Prague - Length: 21 m, weight: 34 kg
- Rotunda in Castle Flower Garden [5], Kromeriz - Length: 25 m, weight: 30 kg
Denmark
- Steno Museet, Aarhus
- Odense Technical College, Odense
- Geocenter, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen - Length 25 m, weight: 145 kg
Finland
- Department of Physics, University of Turku, Turku
- Eurajoki - Length: 40 m, weight: 110 kg
- Finnish Science Centre Heureka, Vantaa
- The watertower of Kuusamo
France
- The Panthéon, Paris - Length: 220 ft (67 m) weight: 28 kg
- Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
- Musée du Temps, Besançon
Germany
- Städtisches Gymnasium Lünen-Altlünen, Lünen
- German Museum of Technology [6], Berlin
- University of Bremen
- University of Heidelberg
- Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg[7], Hamburg
- School for Business and Technique, Mainz
- Deutsches Museum, Munich - Length: 30 m, weight: 30 kg
- Osnabrück University [8], Osnabrück, Lower Saxony - Length: 19.5 m, weight: 70 kg
- Gymnasium of the city Lennestadt, North Rhine Westfalia - Length: 11 m, weight: 50 kg, period: 6.7 s
- Cornelsen Verlag publishing house, Berlin
- Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Schweinfurt
- University of Trier
Hungary
- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in one of the Lágymányosi buildings
Iceland
- Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Reykjavík power distributor, Reykjavík
Italy
- San Petronio Basilica, Bologna
- Palazzo della Ragione, Padua
- Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia (Leonardo Da Vinci), Milan
- Museo del Balì, Saltara
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università "Federico II", Naples
Luxembourg
- Central University - Length: 16 m, weight 32 kg
Netherlands
Moldova
- State University, Chisinau - Length: 19 m, Weight 155 kg (2006 - 1851 = 155)
Norway
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo [11] Weight: 32kg, Length: 14.1m
- Realfagbygget, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Poland
- Nicolaus Copernicus Museum [12], Frombork - Length: 28 m, weight: 46.5 kg
- St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Kraków - Length: 46.5 m, weight: 25 kg
- Polytechnic, Gdańsk - Length: 26 m, weight: 64 kg
- Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
- Copernicus Centre, Warsaw (under construction 2008)
Portugal
- National Natural History Museum and Science Museum, Lisbon University
- Department of Physics, FCT, University of Coimbra
Russia
- Moscow Planetarium (closed due to reconstruction)
- Penza Planetarium [13]
- 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) [14]
- Volgograd Planetarium [15]
Spain
- Hall of the Faculties of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona - Length: 7 m, weight: 20 kg
- Parque de las Ciencias [16], Granada
- Cosmocaixa Museum, Alcobendas, Madrid
- Mathematics Faculty, University of Barcelona
- Cosmocaixa Museum, Barcelona, Catalunya
- "Villanueva" Building, National Astronomical Observatory, Madrid
- Pabellón de la Energía Viva [17], Seville
- Casa de las Ciencias [18], A Coruña - Length: 14 m, weight: 125 kg
- Museu de les Arts i les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia - Length: 34 m[1]
Sweden
- Technical Museum, Stockholm
- Xperiment Huset [19], Lokstallarna, Växjö - Weight: 32 kg
- Carlsund Educational Centre, Motala
- Sandvikens Gymnasieskola, Sandviken Weight: 63 kg, Length: 9 m
Switzerland
- Centro Professionale Biasca [20] - Length: 15 m, weight: 102 kg
- Naturmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
- Gymnasium Oberwil, Basel-Land
United Kingdom
- The Devonshire Dome, University of Derby, Buxton[2]
- O-Block, Magdalene College, Cambridge
- The Grange School [21], Cheshire
- Princes Square Shopping Centre, Glasgow
- University of Liverpool Chemistry Department
- Science Museum, London
- The Manchester Conference Centre [22]
- Harris Museum[23], Preston
- Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Sleaford [24]
- University of Warwick, Coventry
Africa
South Africa
- Giyani Science Centre, Giyani, Limpopo Province
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria
- Natural Science Museum, Albany Museum Complex, Grahamstown
- Heritage Garden, Stellenbosch
- University Of Natal (Durban, Science Center Building)
Tunisia
- Cité des Sciences de Tunis
Asia
India
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University [25]
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, [26], Pune
- Tel Bhavan, ONGC, Dehradun
- Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, GUJARAT
Iran
Israel
- Gitam/BBDO Ltd, Ramat Gan
- Givatayim Observatory, Givatayim
- Weizman Institute, Rehovot
Japan
- National Science Museum of Japan, Tokyo
- Fukusai-ji (Fukusai Temple), or Nagasaki Kannon Universal Temple, Nagasaki
- Katsushika Planetarium, Tokyo
- Tokyo DisneySea (in the Pendulum Room inside Fortress Explorations), Chiba
- Hyogo Planetarium, Himeji
- Kyoto Youth Science Centre, Fuji-no-Mori, Kyoto
Pakistan
- Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore
Thailand
- Khonkaen University, Bangkok
Turkey
- Bilkent University- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ankara [27]
- EGE University, Izmir
North America
Alphabetic by state or province, then place.
Canada
| Province | City | Location | Length | Weight | Period
- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia | |||
| Manitoba | Winnipeg | University of Winnipeg | |||
| Ontario | Aurora | McLaughlin Hall, St. Andrew's College | |||
| Guelph | Physics Department, University of Guelph [28] | ||||
| Kingston | Stirling Hall, Queen's University | ||||
| Ottawa | Herzberg Building, Carleton University | ||||
| Toronto | Ontario Science Centre | ||||
| Quebec | Montreal | Collège de Maisonneuve | |||
| Chicoutimi | Cégep de Chicoutimi | ||||
| Montreal | École de technologie supérieure
Université de Montréal Pavillon Roger Gaudry |
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| Alberta | Calgary | TELUS World of Science |
Mexico
| State | City | Location | Length | Weight | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distrito Federal | Mexico City | Catedral Metropolitana |
United States
Central and South America
- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile
- Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez[31], Puerto Rico
- Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, [32], Buenos Aires, Argentina (Length: 27.35 m. Period: 10.4 secs)
- Museum of Science and Technology, Engineering School, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Museu do Universo at the planetarium of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Central Library of the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela
Australia
- Foucault pendulum, School of Physics, University of New South Wales
- Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra
- Gravity Discovery Centre [33], Military Rd, Gingin, Western Australia
- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
- School of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
- School of Physics, Bragg Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.
- College of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Queensland Museum, Sciencentre, Brisbane, Queensland
Antarctica
- South Pole [34] - Length: 33 m, weight: 25 kg
References
- ^ Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias de Valencia- Arte, Cultura, Museo, Ciencia, IMAX, Oceanográfico, Hemisferic
- ^ "The Dome". visitbuxton.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-25.