MrCrassic
03-24-09, 09:31 PM
Discuss.
Foo - What the Foucault?
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msincredible
03-24-09, 09:51 PM
Disappointed, I thought this thread was gonna be about pendulums. :(
x136
03-24-09, 09:55 PM
Would have been much more interesting that way!
MrCrassic
03-26-09, 06:28 AM
Well, it is for y'all to discuss.
msincredible
03-26-09, 10:24 AM
I like Foucault pendulums.
One of my customers, a biotech company, has one in their lobby, which I think is very cool.
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has one in one of their stairwells. Once as a kid, I was walking up the stairs just at the moment that it broke! It fell down and hit the ground. Oops.
One of my customers, a biotech company, has one in their lobby, which I think is very cool.
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has one in one of their stairwells. Once as a kid, I was walking up the stairs just at the moment that it broke! It fell down and hit the ground. Oops.
x136
03-26-09, 10:24 AM
Foucault's discus? That doesn't make any sense. Unless the discus is tied to a rope, I guess.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Discus_Thrower_Copenhagen.jpg/250px-Discus_Thrower_Copenhagen.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Discus_Thrower_Copenhagen.jpg/250px-Discus_Thrower_Copenhagen.jpg
KingTermite
03-26-09, 10:44 AM
When I was in college at USF (U. South Florida), there was a full Foucault pendulum in the physics building, 2 stories high.
These are about the best pictures I can find (aren't many out there). All you can really see is the moving ball at the bottom and the painted floor to show the patterns as it swings.
http://www.math.usf.edu/images/mosaic_quad.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2922736015_6e6625f483.jpg?v=0
These are about the best pictures I can find (aren't many out there). All you can really see is the moving ball at the bottom and the painted floor to show the patterns as it swings.
http://www.math.usf.edu/images/mosaic_quad.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2922736015_6e6625f483.jpg?v=0
Grumpy McTrumpy
03-26-09, 12:29 PM
Anyone can build a Foucault Pendulum.
Anyone with enough money that is.
Anyone with enough money that is.
MrCrassic
03-26-09, 12:31 PM
Totally not the Foucault that I had in mind, but hey.
Grumpy McTrumpy
03-26-09, 12:33 PM
Ok then I see your Foucault and raise you one Chomsky ftw.
MrCrassic
03-26-09, 12:39 PM
I see your Chomsky and raise you one Hegel.
Psydotek
03-26-09, 12:41 PM
I'll see your Hegel and raise you a Heigl (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001337/).
MrCrassic
03-26-09, 12:45 PM
I'll see your Hegel and raise you a Heigl (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001337/).
I've seen your Heigl and raise you a Heller. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Heller)
I've seen your Heigl and raise you a Heller. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Heller)
Psydotek
03-26-09, 12:46 PM
I've seen your Heigl and raise you a Heller. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81gnes_Heller)
I haven't seen your Heller before but now that i have i'll raise you a Keller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller).
I haven't seen your Heller before but now that i have i'll raise you a Keller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller).
KingTermite
03-26-09, 12:48 PM
I haven't seen your Heller before but now that i have i'll raise you a Keller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller).
I'll see your Keller and raise you a Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Larson).
I'll see your Keller and raise you a Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Larson).